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[Dumb Furret]

Tails cut the cellophane with his sharp claw and he gnawed on the cookie while Sub spoke. Like chocolate, a lava cookie was too good to scarf down unceremoniously. "I can't even remember most of it," he said. "Just some noises. And a few Pokemon. I knew a few. They died like most of the others. I bet I knew more that died."

He sat there, teeth hooked into the cookie and thought. Then, drew back. "So what happened to you? You're not an experiment too, are you?"  

[Ms Edyn]

"Oh, I see the problem now," Eve said, smiling at having figured this out, "It's not that you're unable to hide your emotions like you were able to before. It's simply that you're experiencing these emotions more intensely than you did before and you're body is just not used to feeling them at that level. Like now, you're not getting angry over nothing, you're just irritated at not having your usual level of control. And that slight irritation is so intensified in your new body that it turns to anger. It's actually something I've come to find fairly common with new hybrids and newly evolved hybrids."  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Ms Edyn

"Oh, I see the problem now," Eve said, smiling at having figured this out, "It's not that you're unable to hide your emotions like you were able to before. It's simply that you're experiencing these emotions more intensely than you did before and you're body is just not used to feeling them at that level. Like now, you're not getting angry over nothing, you're just irritated at not having your usual level of control. And that slight irritation is so intensified in your new body that it turns to anger. It's actually something I've come to find fairly common with new hybrids and newly evolved hybrids."

"Not only that but this body gets to come with the extra special drawback of the Distortion World yanking at my every heartstring. Giratina's realm calls me back every second. Apparently, according to Sub, my jacket is the only thing anchoring me here. It's a little maddening." Darts says mildly.  

[Ms Edyn]

"Sounds a little hectic," Eve said sympathetically, "So if someone were to, say, rip that jacket off, you'd be forced into this Distortion World?"  

[Dumb Furret]

"Yeah," said Tails, and that was all. This tone was familiar because Tails had just tried to use it on Blizz. It was an invitation to leave the topic alone and for Sub's sake he took it. They'd shared as much of their stories as they felt they needed to. Tails, however, didn't feel like he was done.

"I need to remember more," he said. "For them. And I need to know enough for all of them." He leaned forward so that his chin rested on the heels of his hands and the cookie sat just before his nose. "I just don't know where to start though. I thought Hex might be good enough because it's different from everything else I know, but..."

Again, he found he didn't know how to put these thoughts into words.  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Ms Edyn

"Sounds a little hectic," Eve said sympathetically, "So if someone were to, say, rip that jacket off, you'd be forced into this Distortion World?"

"Yes." Darts says. "But they'd have a much harder time getting it off me without me noticing. My jacket's become a living part of me, as much as my arm. It's got a system of nerves inside it, so I can feel pain and tactile senses through it, but faintly." He sighs. "Hardly your routine transformation."  

[Ms Edyn]

"I see," Eve said, "I've never heard of any sort of transformation like this. It's quite unusual."  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Ms Edyn

"I see," Eve said, "I've never heard of any sort of transformation like this. It's quite unusual."

"To be fair, me either. But it's almost... comforting to know it's an oddity all around. Makes me less alarmed somehow." Darts says, nodding sagely. "Though I still feel like I'm walking on glass."  

[Ms Edyn]

"You like being different," Eve said, slowly beginning to understand Darts a little more, "But with as much power as you have, and not being accustomed to it, I think walking on glass might be a bit of an understatement."  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Ms Edyn

"You like being different," Eve said, slowly beginning to understand Darts a little more, "But with as much power as you have, and not being accustomed to it, I think walking on glass might be a bit of an understatement."

"Yeah me too." Darts admits gloomily. He glances at the Leafeon hybrid askance. "You have a kind of calming presence." He says, after a moment's examination. "You seem so in control of yourself."  

[Ms Edyn]

"Meditation helps," Eve said, shifting slightly on the table to a more comfortable position, "Though, I'll admit, I'm nowhere near perfect in my control. I tend to lose it with some of the more intense emotions such as anger."  

[Atlantis_Darts]

Ms Edyn

"Meditation helps," Eve said, shifting slightly on the table to a more comfortable position, "Though, I'll admit, I'm nowhere near perfect in my control. I tend to lose it with some of the more intense emotions such as anger."

"Meditation huh? I always assumed that was spiritual jiggery-pokery or some such." Darts snorts, a laugh emitting through his nose. "Does it really work?"  

[Ms Edyn]

"It does if you're serious enough about it and constant with it," Eve nodded, "It's all about centering yourself and controlling your emotions. It takes time for it to start working."