video; un: seeingtheworld

[schoolingfish]

[When Luca comes onto the screen, it looks like he's been crying.]

So...um...I just wanted to let everyone know that Varian and Fern are gone. They...probably turned back into squids. Which...I mean, they're still together, so it's fine. They're fine. They're happy out there in the ocean, doing squid things, and really it's not like it's the first time I've realized I'm going to be separated from the people I care about, so...

[After all, when he went to school he was separated from Alberto and his family, expecting to not see them until the summer. Then he ended up here and realized he might very well never see them again. Still, having a feeling of loss strike him like this even in his new life when he's still longing for the people he loves from his previous one to show up...it hits him hard, and he looks like he might start crying again.]

So I'm fine, too.

[This is obviously a lie.]

That's all. I just thought everyone should know.

[He ends the recording right there.]

Comments

[schoolingfish]

Right! It'll be just like with goatfish! They'll always find a place to graze, but you want to watch them and herd them if they try to go somewhere dangerous or you see boats coming. And I think it's easier to get goatfishes attention when I give them names, even though my parents worry sometimes that if I name them I'll get too attached.

[Considering what seamonsters are raising fish for, it's a reasonable concern. And they might not be entirely wrong. Luckily his favorite was one of the ones primarily used to breed more fish, but Luca likely would not have taken it well if he was still home when Giuseppe got too old for that.]

[imaglyphwitch]

A little, I bet! Luckily, they're not so dumb that they'll willingly go some place they feel unsafe at. I think some mammals can sense that, and these seem like they do, but I'm always watching just in case.

[Granted, it was incorrect to even CALL them mammals since that was an Earth term and these guys were not from Earth].

I could have them as pets and not give them names! So I decided to name them after two really important people in my life!

[schoolingfish]

Delyn and Mila? I don't think you ever told me about them, who are they?

...the important people in your life with those names, I mean.

[Not the fathiers, he knows them.]

[imaglyphwitch]

Heh, I didn't tell anyone, actually!

Delyn in a shortened form of Edalyn, the name of my teacher and mentor in the Boiling isles. She's pretty much like my other mother!

Mila is a shortened version of Camilla, my mom's name. So I named the two after two really great people!

[schoolingfish]

Oh! Yeah, I guess those are important people! And that way since it's only part of their name, no one will get confused if they show up here!

[And Luca doesn't intend to ever give up on the people that are important to them showing up.]

[imaglyphwitch]

They are, trust me! It'd be like name your pet after your mom!

[Luz really missed her "moms," since Eda technically wasn't but also was].

Yup, I just wanted to make sure the fathiers had good names, and who was responsible for me taking such good care of them!