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[arkfall]

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[goldenglasses]

Only what she is! Not who she is!

[arkfall]

What you are matters, Vash. Pretending it doesn't is foolish.

[goldenglasses]

So if that house turned me human? You wouldn't care about me anymore?

[arkfall]

Don't even fucking joke about that. I would be devasted to lose you.

I'm not sure I could control my reaction and you would not have the power to stop me.

[goldenglasses]

But you wouldn't lose me. I would still be me.

[arkfall]

That's insane, Vash.

[goldenglasses]

No, acting like I would be gone or dead just because I changed species is insane.

[arkfall]

You would be gone. The thing that would be in your place might have achieved your dream of gaining humanity but it would not be you.

[goldenglasses]

I am more than what I am! [He doesn't hide how much this hurts. That it seems to him that his brother cares more about what he is rather than who he is.] I am a person first and a Plant second. Even if I wasn't Plant I'd still be your brother! Does that really not mean anything to you!?

[arkfall]

[This conversation is maddening to him.]

Why do you think you would still be my brother? We would lose our connection and you would no longer have the body that was formed along with mine.

[goldenglasses]

The lives we've lived together? That would mean nothing to you!?

[arkfall]

I don't know why we're talking about this. It didn't happen.

[goldenglasses]

We're talking about this because it seems you care more about what I am than who I am! I am more than just a Plant!

[arkfall]

I'm telling you that those two things are instinctually linked. Changing what you are fundamentally changes who you are. I'm not sure why you seem offended by that concept.

[goldenglasses]

It's not like flipping a switch! Who I am is my life experience and personality! If I suddenly became human that's not going to change the way I think!

[arkfall]

What the fuck do you mean by that? Brain chemistry matters, Vash. Even a human can understand that. Change the brain, change the personality and the way they think.

[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?