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I'm... I'm okay. It doesn't hurt now like it did the first time...
[Now it's just a super weird sensation, reaching deep inside of oneself and pulling more limbs out than what a normal person typically has.]
... I probably should have taken my coat off first, though. I forgot it was going to end up reopening those same holes I just finished patching up recently.
[Oh well. His second pair of arms flex and stretch themselves out, as if working out some knots or kinks in the muscles while Zib talks.]
As for when it started... it was right after the last shedding incident. The one I told you about that Luz helped me deal with. But this change hasn't shed away or left yet, so now... now I'm willing to believe that this is something to do with what happened to you. Or... I don't know, maybe it was something I could do all along and didn't realize it until the stress of all that shedding brought it out?
[He hums softly, moving closer to look at the arms- but also at the coat. Sorry, Zib, he's taking the scientific approach here.]
Well, I can probably fix the coat up so they unfold easily with it. Maybe some velcro or something? Just so you can still wear it without worrying about ripping it open every time.
[See? He can be helpful too!]
Well, I never shed with mine. It just...things just kept getting steadily worse and worse as my stress levels went up. Given you have uh...a tricky situation with the alien biology the PAC gives it might be that. Or it could be corruption. Have you had any other symptoms? Anything else to add to this already? They definitely seem to...stack with corruption.
[He allows Varian to approach and study the arms and torn coat here, listening carefully to Varian's opinion on the matter. At the mention of the PAK though, Zib's face falls as he thinks it over, and it seems an idea has suddenly occurred to him.]
Zim... he could do this too. I only really remember seeing him do it once though, because I guess he didn't really like using them that much either, but...
[His second pair of hands move up to allow him to examine. Those two hair scythes of his, or rather, antenna, start moving back and forth against his skull, clearly agitated.]
Am I supposed to take this to mean that I'm still becoming more and more like him because of the PAK, and not because of this place? But then if that was the case... that would mean I wouldn't just go back to normal like you did. I would just keep changing until I may as well be him entirely, instead...
[Hmmmm, that's worrying. He watches the hair scythes moving, and he's pretty sure Dib couldn't do that before the PAK, either. That's not a human thing. ]
I don't know. It's...a theory. Maybe it's like... a symbiotic relationship? Like it won't completely take over, just give you...extra. Or it could genuinely be corruption, it seems to hit people differently and it's not like we have a way of testing it. I'd say we can try and help you feel better? Like- get rid of some of those stressors? If this goes away, then it's corruption, if it doesn't, then it's the PAK.
I guess that might work... or at least, it's worth trying so that we can test and see what's going on.
Although... is it weird to actually hope that it's corruption here? Given how... bad that also is, but somehow it's the lesser of two evils for me so far to consider...
Of course, the best we can do is test it- if nothing else, we might be able to eliminate some factors, even if we can't...figure out a decent answer.
[Because sometimes, that's all you can get. ]
That- no, I can understand that. At least we have a better idea of how to handle corruption. There are ways to ease it. If- if it's something from home, that's...a lot harder to control.
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[Now it's just a super weird sensation, reaching deep inside of oneself and pulling more limbs out than what a normal person typically has.]
... I probably should have taken my coat off first, though. I forgot it was going to end up reopening those same holes I just finished patching up recently.
[Oh well. His second pair of arms flex and stretch themselves out, as if working out some knots or kinks in the muscles while Zib talks.]
As for when it started... it was right after the last shedding incident. The one I told you about that Luz helped me deal with. But this change hasn't shed away or left yet, so now... now I'm willing to believe that this is something to do with what happened to you. Or... I don't know, maybe it was something I could do all along and didn't realize it until the stress of all that shedding brought it out?
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[He hums softly, moving closer to look at the arms- but also at the coat. Sorry, Zib, he's taking the scientific approach here.]
Well, I can probably fix the coat up so they unfold easily with it. Maybe some velcro or something? Just so you can still wear it without worrying about ripping it open every time.
[See? He can be helpful too!]
Well, I never shed with mine. It just...things just kept getting steadily worse and worse as my stress levels went up. Given you have uh...a tricky situation with the alien biology the PAC gives it might be that. Or it could be corruption. Have you had any other symptoms? Anything else to add to this already? They definitely seem to...stack with corruption.
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Zim... he could do this too. I only really remember seeing him do it once though, because I guess he didn't really like using them that much either, but...
[His second pair of hands move up to allow him to examine. Those two hair scythes of his, or rather, antenna, start moving back and forth against his skull, clearly agitated.]
Am I supposed to take this to mean that I'm still becoming more and more like him because of the PAK, and not because of this place? But then if that was the case... that would mean I wouldn't just go back to normal like you did. I would just keep changing until I may as well be him entirely, instead...
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[Hmmmm, that's worrying. He watches the hair scythes moving, and he's pretty sure Dib couldn't do that before the PAK, either. That's not a human thing. ]
I don't know. It's...a theory. Maybe it's like... a symbiotic relationship? Like it won't completely take over, just give you...extra. Or it could genuinely be corruption, it seems to hit people differently and it's not like we have a way of testing it. I'd say we can try and help you feel better? Like- get rid of some of those stressors? If this goes away, then it's corruption, if it doesn't, then it's the PAK.
[He'll take the SCIENTIFIC method on this. ]
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Although... is it weird to actually hope that it's corruption here? Given how... bad that also is, but somehow it's the lesser of two evils for me so far to consider...
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[Because sometimes, that's all you can get. ]
That- no, I can understand that. At least we have a better idea of how to handle corruption. There are ways to ease it. If- if it's something from home, that's...a lot harder to control.