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Content Warning: talk of predation, cannibalism, and allusions to assault (both sexual and physical)

[this is not the usual appearance of the person who normally uses this username. she's set the omni up so that she can multitask, watering some strange-looking but local plants at her windowsill, and...yup. that is certainly a human girl (well, young woman) with the voice recognizable to some as a certain rabbit Sleeper.]

Human females are still preyed upon for being female. It's not all that surprising. Even if it's not true, females of many species are stereotyped as the weaker gender by a lot of males.

[her voice sounds just as young as she looks, but there's a worldliness to it, especially with how blunt she's being with a very sensitive topic.]

But being eaten usually isn't how that goes, right? Even though carnivores can and do eat each other, I know that much. Pigs are omnivores and eat everything, but they're also eaten and taste good from what I've heard...

[she sets her water pitcher aside, hands on her hips as she gives one more lookover at her plants, before turning to directly look at the Omni. her eyes are a dark brown-on-black, and she seems strangely calm for such a dark topic.]

I wonder if I taste like human or rabbit.

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What manner of beast has preyed upon you, sister?

I woke up all better, so does it matter what kind?

[she's being cagey...]

Perhaps not.

[That is not gentleness. She tries again.]

I meant only to ask if you were in need of succor. Does this beast still menace you?

I'm not really looking for help or reassurance.

I'm just surprised it happened when I was human. And I'm not sure if they'll come back for seconds.

Guess it depends on how tasty humans are. Or how tasty I am.

[Junia commits to future penance for her guilty relief.]

Very well. I will not trouble you further on it. Humans are common fodder for beasts, though I suppose you would not know of this, if humanity is not your usual guise. I never cared to ask after our 'tastiness', but it seems they do savor our flesh.

[oh thank god she's moving on.]

So if it's common where you're from, then it sounds like humans taste as good as any prey animal might.

It's strange to have lived through it.

My whole life I've always been one kind of animal, able to eat only one kind of food. Omnivorous animals like humans seem much more interesting and complicated, with more choices in their lives compared to others.

...Haru-chan? What happened to your face?

[....this guy.

human faces are way more openly expressive than a rabbit's face, so there's no hiding how forced her pleasant expression looks.]

I had a growth spurt.

Hmm, you were cuter before, but still cute like this.

[Girls like being told they're cute or something, right? Ban him from speaking to people forever for his own sake.]

You do know very little of humans to imagine us all equally overburdened of choice. It is not a thing I'd wish to endure again. Being consumed. It is somehow a different thing than other injury. A diminishment.

...the hell is that supposed to mean??

[BOY YOU ARE CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING YOURSELF ON THIN ICE.]

Humans aren't a known species where I'm from. I'm still getting used to how your society works, since you don't seem to have the same restrictions my world has.

[look for as long as she's been here, she's still pretty ignorant about humans...moreso of their society & how it seems like they are the only species who regard themselves as people, placing themselves above other animals.]

A diminishment? Well, it is a loss.
I knew someone who willingly gave himself to a carnivore though, and he was the kind of guy who'd do things because he'd have something to gain from it. Being eaten by another can be beneficial if it's something you offer over first.

Edited 2022-01-23 20:15 (UTC)

Aren't you supposed to tell girls they're cute...?

[HE CONSTANTLY PUTS UP ICE HOUSES ON THIN ICE BECAUSE HE HAS NO BRAIN CELLS.]

[?????]

It’s something a lot of girls like hearing about themselves from other people but it’s not required?

[not to mention she has a complicated relationship with being only ever seen as “cute” but

a sigh]

I don’t need someone like you trying to compliment me. That sounded kind of like an insult, to be honest.

I don't understand what to say to people most of the time. And messages get muddled in words and our own thoughts color them.

[It's pretty clear from his expression that's he's genuinely confused. And pretty obviously a terrible read on people. He's silent for a minute trying to think of what to say.]

I like the you I met before. You were interesting. But even if your form is different now. You're still you. Your form isn't the same as your soul.

[ the camera is off-kilter. decrepit boards and the fluttering of wings. a halo hovers in the lower right corner and illuminates all around it.

the voice is young, just as haru's, and just the same: there is an absence of innocence. ]

Death can be a relief from the horrors the strong visit upon the weak. It isn't so bad to die.

[someone who sounds like they get it, but the way she holds her omni now that it's back in hand is tilted as though trying to (somehow) get a better look at who's speaking.]

The moments before dying can be pretty scary.

If I did die, it probably would have been a relief. But I'm also happy I didn't.

[It's Complicated.]

[Haru also has foot-in-mouth syndrome too, but...]

Well, you can still say what comes to mind. But you also have to accept the kind of reactions you get.

[lord knows she did, and still does. her start to her university social life kind of took a nosedive because of it.

but...ah. his follow up has her blushing slightly, despite herself.]

I see. [you're still you...it reminds her of what Louis last said to her before she came to be here.] I...am still me. But rabbits aren't exactly the most interesting of species either.

You probably think it's interesting because you're more used to humans than I am.

[Junia is being difficult again. She recognizes this.]

I did not know there were worlds where we are not. I had never considered such a thing. [Because it sounds abhorrent, but she has committed herself to trying.] What did he gain, then, by this...self-sacrifice?

Most reactions don't bother me.

[So. Hers did. Apparently. He cocks his head thoughtfully.]

Perhaps. I've been around humans but I've never spoken to them like this. Mostly, I was observed instead. And no one spoke as frankly as you do. Perhaps that's also because you're you, rabbit or not.

[ the video drifts down and catches his eyes as he shifts his hold. ]

I have held many hands of those who died. Even your worst predator is the same in that moment with me. Their fears is yours, as is their clinging to life.

[ah, another human. so she's assuming.]

Being alive and someday dying are things predator and prey animals all have in common. All living things...

[her voice trails off, and she bites at the inside of her cheek

...hm.]

How do you know their fear is equal to mine? There are many different ways to die, after all, some worse than others.

There are many horrible ways to die.

[ he sets his phone down again. this time, the video lands on a pair of roosting doves, cooing with content. ]

[ his voice loses its lilt; it's flat. ]

It is not in the how of the death but in the fact of it. That is when the fear equalizes. That moment when they know they are leaving this world and [ tone implying he possesses what they do not ] they do not know what happens next.

[she doesn't seem too put off by his confirmation and what he says. it's something she's thought about from a very young age, how death is equal for all living things, but how it comes sooner to some over others is not.

that's what's always been unfair.]

So what happens next, according to you?

I don't know what he gained. And even if I did, it wouldn't be my place to tell.

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