[ Kalim emits the sound of a breath of relief and reaches a hand down to help Jamil up when he gets near the top of the ladder. ]
I know, I know, I'm sorry...
[ Like usual, hearing this in person has a lot more effect on his Natural Soul than getting it as a text. His face is expressionless as always, but his tone of voice corresponds to a kicked-dog look. He's arguing with his own Golem instincts as much as with Jamil when he protests: ]
But something really bad could have happened to you down there! I'd be in way less danger than you like this... I just wanted to protect you.
[ And, well, there sure is blood dried in the hinges of his hand. And in other places, when Jamil is out of the hole enough to see it. ]
[Jamil opens his mouth to retort, but whatever he was going to say falls right out of his mouth as he finally notices the blood all over Kalim. Blood and... something like viscera, small bits of which still cling to Kalim in places in wet, sticky clumps. As off-kilter as Jamil feels already, he might have fallen over if he hadn't taken Kalim's hand (for once).
As it is, he pulls a comical double-take and bugs out wordlessly for a few seconds.]
WHAT HAPPENED?
[The fact that Kalim can't actually bleed in this state does NOT make this any less alarming!]
[Jamil actually sinks to his knees as his life flashes before his eyes a little bit. If Kalim had been made of anything other than metal............................................]
[ Kalim falls silent again. He did just insist on hurrying back here because he was worried Jamil might run into something like Five in the tunnels. He might be hard to bite chunks out of in his Golem form, but Jamil is all easily-tearable flesh and blood. If anything happened to him, Kalim doesn't know what he'd do.
But Five was so distressed about all this. It's really really hard to imagine him doing something like that in a setting less frightening than the freaky horror-movie underground tunnels. ]
...It just doesn't sit right with me to kick him out when he's just gone through something really scary. Jamil... can we at least wait to see what Patho-Gen say? If they say he really is dangerous, then... we can figure out what to do, but...
[Jamil at this point really would love to get rid of Five entirely, but unfortunately he is weak to Kalim's distress and it really would be heartless to throw a guy out in these circumstances. He guesses.]
Fine, we'll wait to see what they have to say about it. But if there's any chance it's a recurring issue...!
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I know, I know, I'm sorry...
[ Like usual, hearing this in person has a lot more effect on his Natural Soul than getting it as a text. His face is expressionless as always, but his tone of voice corresponds to a kicked-dog look. He's arguing with his own Golem instincts as much as with Jamil when he protests: ]
But something really bad could have happened to you down there! I'd be in way less danger than you like this... I just wanted to protect you.
[ And, well, there sure is blood dried in the hinges of his hand. And in other places, when Jamil is out of the hole enough to see it. ]
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As it is, he pulls a comical double-take and bugs out wordlessly for a few seconds.]
WHAT HAPPENED?
[The fact that Kalim can't actually bleed in this state does NOT make this any less alarming!]
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[ He glances down the ladder. ]
We should get out of here. You're not hurt, right?
when u have to use the same icon twice
[IT HAD TO COME FROM SOMEBODY. NONE OF THAT WAS REASSURING!!!]
lmaoo
[ There's a pause as Kalim tries to decide how to put this. ]
...I think our guy maybe ate him? And then when I got him out and he went back to normal he threw up all over me.
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HE ATE SOMEONE?!
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[ Kalim would be pulling a face if that was an option for him right now. ]
L-like I said, there's something down there... I dunno. When I found him he was like a wild animal or something.
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[ Kalim bends down, jingling, to offer Jamil a hand up. ]
This... this is why I wanted to come get you. I was really worried something would happen to you.
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I'm fine. [He heaves a resigned sigh. This is all just another mess for him to clean up.] Where is he now, then?
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I took him to Patho-Gen... so they could make sure he's okay. He was hurt pretty bad...
[ He still feels kind of unsure about this decision, but, well, it's not like a regular doctor would have been down for it... ]
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[Jamil mentally skips over "he was hurt pretty bad" and goes right to:]
Let's get you cleaned up, and then we can go back to the apartment to get his things.
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Oh, good idea! He was really shaken up, I bet he'd feel better if he had a change of clothes and stuff.
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He'll have all the clothing he needs when we deliver all his belongings to him at Patho-Gen headquarters.
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...Huh? All of it? Why?
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Kalim! You just said he ate someone! Obviously, he can't stay with us!!
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[ Kalim shakes his head, clearly taken completely by surprise. ]
But that only happened because he was down there--! He went back to normal as soon as we got out of the tunnels!
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But... But nothing like that has ever happened before...
[ He sounds a little worried, though. ]
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And? Now it has, and we have to assume there's a chance it could happen again.
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[ Kalim falls silent again. He did just insist on hurrying back here because he was worried Jamil might run into something like Five in the tunnels. He might be hard to bite chunks out of in his Golem form, but Jamil is all easily-tearable flesh and blood. If anything happened to him, Kalim doesn't know what he'd do.
But Five was so distressed about all this. It's really really hard to imagine him doing something like that in a setting less frightening than the freaky horror-movie underground tunnels. ]
...It just doesn't sit right with me to kick him out when he's just gone through something really scary. Jamil... can we at least wait to see what Patho-Gen say? If they say he really is dangerous, then... we can figure out what to do, but...
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Fine, we'll wait to see what they have to say about it. But if there's any chance it's a recurring issue...!
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Yay, okay! Ah, I'd kiss you but I really don't wanna change back until I've gotten all this gross stuff off me...
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Do not touch me until you've been cleaned off! When we get back to the apartment I'll find a hose.
[And not think too hard about what he's hosing off.]
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Yeah, it's really awful, huh? He threw up straight down my back. I super don't wanna know what it looks like!