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

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

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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

Maybe because you're finally paying attention to her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

It...

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

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

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

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

[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?