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[arkfall]

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[goldenglasses]

Tomoe seems to me like the exact same personality she's always been. Maybe Plants and humans have the same brain chemistry.

[arkfall]

She doesn't seem the same to me at all.

[goldenglasses]

Maybe because you're finally paying attention to her.

[arkfall]

What do you mean? She was one of the few humans here I bothered with at all.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, you bothered with. That doesn't mean you were really getting to know who she was.

[arkfall]

Why does this matter to you so much? I am confused by this entire conversation.

[goldenglasses]

It matters because it sounds like you won't care about me anymore if this place suddenly turns me human!

[arkfall]

I would care. I would fight to find out how to turn you back.

[goldenglasses]

And if you can't? If it's impossible?

[arkfall]

I would not be able to cope with that. It would be dangerous for all involved.

[goldenglasses]

And that's a problem. It shouldn't matter what I am, but who I am. Even if I'm changed I'm still your brother. I would still love you as a brother. I would still be me deep down.

[arkfall]

I would still be angry at them for harming you in such a way.

[goldenglasses]

But I wouldn't be in pain. It isn't painful to be a human.

[arkfall]

It...

[He makes a frustrated sound.] How would you feel if they forcibly lobotomized me? Or her?

[goldenglasses]

That's different! That's messing with your head, brain, and trying to change who you are.

[arkfall]

I didn't ask that. I asked how you would feel.

[goldenglasses]

Of course I'd feel awful but you can't compare the two!

[arkfall]

[He sighs. He's going to ignore Vash's protests for now.] Fine. You'd feel awful. Now imagine that but instead of being you, it's me. I'm the one being made to feel awful.

Do I respond well to being made to feel awful, Vash?

[goldenglasses]

No, and that is anger you need to work on.

[arkfall]

So, perhaps it's best we don't entertain the thought of something that would upset me so much...

[goldenglasses]

Maybe not, but it is something we should probably discuss. Even if this city changes what I am one day, I'll still be who I am.

[arkfall]

It would be better they turn you into something less disgusting. A cockroach, perhaps? [He's being mean because this conversation has frustrated him so much.]

[goldenglasses]

Why? So you could more easily squash me? Like all our of past history and time together was meaningless to you?

[arkfall]

I would be less likely to want to squish you if you were a bug. If you're this annoying and a human... [He's still just being mean now, lashing out at how frustrating he thinks Vash is being.]

[goldenglasses]

Would you? Would you really forget everything we've been through and experienced just because of that?!