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[Hope's voice is clear and clipped.]

If you would like to leave a message, you may do so here. I can't promise to respond. I have many demands on my time, and this sort of thing is far down the list. Still, if you would like to, you may.

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[ While usually she'd talk to Sorrow first, Rose actually... doesn't want to face him because of this event. It's not that she's angry or upset with him; she understands, honestly, that they do what they must to survive. Better than most people, she likes to think.

It's actually because she cares about him and her reflection showed that - in a way - and it's. Complicated. And she doesn't want to think about it right now when her head's a mess and heart's heavy enough as it is. ]

Hey, Hope. Been a while, dude. [ She's lounging in his temple, hood of her jacket drawn up like she's trying to hide from the world. ] Got time to talk?

I think I have a favor to ask of you, but it might be... a bit much, so. Hang out a while, let's chat this out.

[He appears, as he does when people wish to talk to him, not there and then suddenly there.]

It will be much easier if you simply ask for what you want.

Do you think I'm that terrible of a conversationalist, dude? I'm wounded.

[ Placing a hand to her heart in pretend hurt. ]

But alright, sure. I know you can revive people and help us re-grow our limbs, but what about... changing us? Like, our physiology. [ Tragic backstory time, away we ggggooooo. ]

In Haven, there was a man there named Phillip Kite. He did awful, inhumane experiments on us. During one of them, he pumped me full of someone else's magic and it did something to me. Changed me. Now, I can only eat human flesh but I... haven't been. I don't want to.

But it's been a long time now and I'm. I don't know if I can keep going on like this. If you think you can fix me, I'd appreciate it more than you could ever know. I'll pay any price. And, hey, if you can't... that's. It's fine. I get it.

It's a huge thing to ask.

I don't know. You would have to explain in detail the changes that were made. I only know how you arrived here, not what your physiology might have been like before you came.

[And all he does, in the end, is restore people to the state they were in when they arrived - which is why people who arrived with missing limbs who die will be resurrected with them, while someone who's ripped apart while dying will resurrect intact.]

It's probably possible, but I would need to know what I was doing. Otherwise there could be side effects.

Yeah, I. I kind of figured. That might be a problem. Since, honestly, I don't even really know.

[ Rose wasn't familiar with the other woman's magic that was infused into her blood. She didn't even know her, honestly, until they were trapped together at Kite's mercy. In that case, ]

So, instead... uhm. Could you, like. [ She looks away for a moment. This is obviously difficult to say. ]

Could supply me with flesh? I don't want to, but I also don't want to keep starving. It puts... It puts everyone at risk, the longer I go hungry.

Certainly. I am doing something similar for others already.

[He doesn't appear to be bothered by the request. People have asked for human flesh and brains before. Not a big deal.]

How often do you need it?

[ ... Of course he is. And while she's curious, she's not about to try and out the other cannibals of the cave so. ]

Okay, uh. Like- Maybe twice a week to start out? Then it can just go down to once. I don't need to eat or sleep as much as the average person and all, so.

Very well. Come here when you are in need and I will provide it.

Wait.

[ This isn't- ]

What do I need to do for you, dude? I'm not gonna' take it without giving something back.

If it's something you genuinely need to survive, I don't require payment. That's always how it has been - I don't ask for favors in exchange for food.

I mean, I technically... don't. I'd starve to death, yeah, but it'd take like. Centuries.

So, it's cool. Let me help out if I can. I don't wanna' feel like a free loader or anything.

If you wish to, I won't tell you no. Generally I ask people to kill monsters or to spread hope. Which would you prefer?

I'm not exactly a ray of sunshine these days, so. Gonna' go with the killing monsters. That's more my speed.

[ A pause, then- ]

So, like. It really doesn't bother you? That I eat people? They're not... my kind, exactly. But I act like them, so. Gets a little weird, sometimes.

Very well. A trade, then? Kill a monster and I will give you enough for a few weeks.

[He looks a little confused by the question.]

I have long since stopped trying to anticipate what would be weird or not for all of you. Some are horrified by the idea of eating others, some need it to survive. It makes no difference to me.

How about I kill a monster a week and you give me enough for a week.

[ That seems... more fair to her. Besides, if she can help thin out the crowd of monsters then she'd be happy to. ]

Your kind don't each other though, right? Like... is it weird for you guys? I don't really know how ya'll work.

Very well. It's a deal.

[If she wants to do more, he isn't going to stop her.]

We don't eat each other. We don't eat at all.

Sweet, thanks dude.

[ That easy. Well. It wasn't that easy, actually, considering it took her a year and some change to even get to the point of asking him in the first place but. Hey. She got here eventually, didn't she? ]

And- right. I forget you guys don't... function like we do. You're actually clouds, right? Or like some kind of... energy bubbles. You can smack me if this is offensive or too invasive, by the way.

No, that is accurate enough from your perspective.

Alright, cool. That's... cool.

Do you guys feel, like, pain? And stuff? I know you got feelings, but.

We can, yes. Perhaps not as easily as you.

But you can. That's- I mean, that's not good to know, but.

I'll do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen. It's the least I can do, after all you guys have done for me.

[ Ew. Feelings. ]

Thank you. I appreciate the consideration, and your efforts.

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