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[starmark]

. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.



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[silvercrusader]

My . . .

[God, why is everything in Italian not comparable to French.]

I'm not using it until you tell me what it means. Kakyoin burned me once on that with the whole bed thing, I'm not falling for it again. I mean, I trust you, but I kind of don't, mon mari.

[starmark]

It means "angelfish". Though it's really more like "angel-shark". Not the little brightly colored tropical fish, they're big and fanned-out like manta rays.

They're endangered, but really cool.

[silvercrusader]

[That . . . does sound kind of cool, actually. Huh.]

Are they actually sharkish? I dunno if I'll call him that, though, that's a little too much ocean for me.

[starmark]

They're predators. Ambush predators, actually, they hang out camouflaged places and wait for prey to swim past them, and then they jump it.

But they look like rays, you know —

[He sets his mug aside, then fans out his hands with the heels of them pressed together, imitating wings.]

Big fins, swooping movement through the water.

[silvercrusader]

Woah.

[He takes a moment to reflect on that, and then:]

God, the ocean is fucked up. Every time you tell me a new fact about it just adds to it. Never mind starfish-- I saw some on the beach the other day, I thought of you.

[starmark]

I haven't even told you about the really weird shit yet. I tell you about the tame shit.

You saw starfish, huh? Did you toss them back in the water?

[silvercrusader]

Yeah! Wait, what's weird shit, I want to hear about weird shit.

[starmark]

Sea cucumbers defend themselves by shitting their internal organs in a cloud around a predator to confuse it while they escape the threat.

[He says, sipping from his mug with a perfectly straight face.]

[silvercrusader]

They-- no they don't! No--

[He gasps at him. The reaction is a little over-exaggerated, to be sure, but not by a lot.]

How the fuck do they survive that!

[starmark]

They grow back. Isn't that magical?

[THE MUG CANNOT HIDE THE FACT THAT HE'S FIGHTING REALLY HARD NOT TO GRIN]

[silvercrusader]

What the fuck, Jotaro! What the fuck is wrong with the ocean! Why the fuck would anything evolve like that!

[starmark]

I don't know. Not yet, I mean. Why else do you think I want to find out?

[silvercrusader]

Because you're fucked up.

[He peers down at the rest of his cocoa. Suddenly it doesn't look so appetizing. With a little huff he shoves it Jotaro's way.]

At least I understand Kakyoin and geology. You, you need to resort your priorities.