They're a species of sea creatures that exist as a hivemind. They only care about their own survival and evolving, so they try to assimilate others into their hivemind.
That must have been hard. [ he does squeeze thorns' hand.
sounds like what humans are to rafayel. ]
I think I understand... [ how it feels. but, as for the why thorns sucks as compliments, no understanding. no sympathy. ] Is this why you didn't sound too committed when I asked you about the sea?
The ocean doesn't forget the people that are a part of it. While it can be cruel and unpredictable, it can also be generous. So maybe it was fate you'd reforge that connection. [ ... ]
What, you think you can actually give one? Knowing you it'd be something like "wow, the shape of your head is like sooo symmetrical, or you are not short."
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I am Aegir...
[ this feels like he is being microaggressioned against ]
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Aeg…. what’s that?
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[ raf say you have permission to use those terms... ]
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You’re from the sea? The ocean? Water?
[ …
he isn’t sure if he wants to think of thorns as his people. he isn’t mentally ready for this. ]
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[ there's a pause. ]
But yes, that is where my people is from.
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[ serious all of sudden if just because he understands how it feels to lose the place you should be able to return to. ]
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[ he gestures at himself. ]
Aegir are especially weak to their assimilation.
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sounds like what humans are to rafayel. ]
I think I understand... [ how it feels. but, as for the why thorns sucks as compliments, no understanding. no sympathy. ] Is this why you didn't sound too committed when I asked you about the sea?
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[ to the sea, to his country... it seemed impersonal. ]
But I've recently made my own connection to it.
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Are you always so rebellious?
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[ so, yes. ]
Still need a compliment?
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[ :) ]
What, you think you can actually give one? Knowing you it'd be something like "wow, the shape of your head is like sooo symmetrical, or you are not short."
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You are those things...
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[ so is that a compliment? think about this thorns... ]