he takes his flesh hand i guess because this is a bad week. haru's hand is cold, predictably. he'll just gently guide vash over to the shallow end of the pool. ]
...I've never seen one that mobile.
[ it's nice to see something so advanced, but their world must have its own share of problems if they've never seen a puddle before. ]
Is it okay if your shoulder gets wet? [ will it.... short circuit or something ]
Perfectly fine! [ He pats his shoulder. ] They're waterproof, but I'd rather avoid needing maintenance... Plus, my arm would weigh me down in the water.
[ Water getting into little crevices and stuff is annoying. Also annoying to drain out after, too. He walks into the pool! And wades in a little, kind of clumsily at first, before getting his footing? ]
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[ at least vash seems to know what a pool is, even if his understanding of like, mermaids might be nebulous. ]
Are you not going to swim?
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... I'm not that great of a swimmer.
[ Nervous laughter, nervous laughter like he doesn't really know how to swim. ]
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...It's better to just admit you can't do it. So you don't drown.
[ cue rei trauma ]
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Dramatically: ]
You think drowning would "erase" me?
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If you mean "kill" you, yeah.
[ what does double-dying really amount to? he's not even sure he totally believes he's dead. ]
You can drown in an inch of water.
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[ He is so genuinely shocked about this, actually. ]
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Yes. People die in the shallows often.
[ gravely: ]
Swimming... is an important skill.
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... Do the shadow staff provide lessons? Asking for a friend.
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...You should just ask Rin. Or... me.
[ usually he wouldn't offer, but under the circumstances, drowning seems like a much more serious threat. ]
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You'd teach me, Haruka?
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...
I guess. [ tch ]
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[ why are all you teens so constipated ]
When's the first lesson?
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flatly: ]
We can start now. Take off your clothes.
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[ But he does want to learn how to swim. Dying in 1 inch of water sounds too pathetic, even for him.
First, though, he detaches his arm. ]
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[ also he suddenly grabs his arm because it's touch week. ]
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HIS ROBOT ARM THAT HE DETACHED OR HIS REAL ARM? ]
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his arm now? ]
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Let's... Not get that wet!
[ Give that back to hiM???? ]
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What is it?
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Vash will take his arm back and put it further away, but he will offer Haru his (flesh) hand? ]
A cybernetic arm. Prosthetics like that are kinda common where I'm from.
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he takes his flesh hand i guess because this is a bad week. haru's hand is cold, predictably. he'll just gently guide vash over to the shallow end of the pool. ]
...I've never seen one that mobile.
[ it's nice to see something so advanced, but their world must have its own share of problems if they've never seen a puddle before. ]
Is it okay if your shoulder gets wet? [ will it.... short circuit or something ]
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[ Water getting into little crevices and stuff is annoying. Also annoying to drain out after, too. He walks into the pool! And wades in a little, kind of clumsily at first, before getting his footing? ]
So you and snaggletooth know each other?
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His name is Rin. [ he doesn't like a stranger calling him names ] We've been... teammates before. In school.
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So like partners.
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Sort of...? [ maybe? ] But I think he considers me more of a rival.
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