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[tresemme]

[ if you’re lucky, you’ve never heard this voice before. if you have, you’ll probably notice that he seems considerably less grouchy than he did making his greeting rounds in springstar and highstorm. tony has had time to settle in, and more importantly, he’s made some big decisions about what side he wants to support here.

…for now, at least, which is the quiet motivation behind his demanding communion. he seems utterly at home invading people’s minds, and there’s the sense of him stretching out like he’s been here the whole time and was just waiting for you to get home. ]

People here are from all different worlds, right?

[ rhetorical question, and he continues. ]

I want to hear from whoever’s been to Terra. The third planet in the Sol System. I know some of you call it Earth—the fact that you have a name for it means that you know about it. [ a pause. ] I’ll torture the knowledge out of you if I have to, but it’s easier for everyone if you just cough it up.

[ that seems to be the end of that, unless you’re a zenite, to which he then narrows his focus. ]

…sorry if you heard me say I want all the humans to die. I know we have to work together.

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[tresemme]

[ this is… very different from the terra in the hearts of the mu. the rest of it he actually can’t say completely for sure, but he’s pretty sure there’s only one moon circling the planet. ]

Huh? Are you joking?

[ humans left terra for a reason, but… ]

[kinaesthesia]

What do you mean joking, I'm dead serious! That's the broad strokes of Terra right there, pal.

[Can't make it any clearer.]

[tresemme]

[ if she had gotten to him first, maybe he would have believed her with more ease, but since he’s already heard things about terra that are not quite the same… ]

You have to mean a different one. There’s no way that’s the Terra my grandpa wants to find!

[kinaesthesia]

[He's probably right about that, considering how many various universes they all hail from. That's not gonna stop her from egging him on a little, though.]

How can you be sure, if you gotta go asking about it in the first place? Could be the truth isn't what you expect!

[tresemme]

Well—!

[ she’s right, but she also has to be wrong. ]

What do you even mean, the seaborn?!

[kinaesthesia]

[Gavial has never been wrong in her life (no)]

It's exactly what it sounds like! They're born in the sea! Got a creepy hivemind going on, or something.

[tresemme]

Things aren’t born in the sea!

[ —wait, no, wrong. ]

Ugh, I mean… humans aren’t born there!

[kinaesthesia]

Sure they are! That's where the Ægir cities are. But considering it makes them neighbors with the seaborn, I sure wouldn't want to be living down there.

[tresemme]

[ she is dropping so many things he’s never heard of, and he’s starting to feel more secure in the idea that maybe they’re not talking about the same thing.

even so, ]

Are you even human?

[kinaesthesia]

[Unfortunately for Tony, on her Terra 'human' is a blanket term for all the races, so—]

Of course I am! What else would I be?

[Don't mind the tail when they finally meet in person. She's not technically lying...]