[ Well, he's already been metaphorically tearing himself up about this for a while, so it's unlikely he'll spiral too much. Hopefully, anyway. Really, there's no telling, since Clarke is… well, she could say something that might change that. Or just leave. She could just leave. And while Mizuki knows that's a possibility, he isn't prepared for it in the slightest. Fortunately, he gets to start with the easy part. ]
I brought this up briefly, when we discussed gods, but... I'm gonna say it again, with a little more detail, if that's alright. My race — other Aegir, from both the country of Aegir and the country of Iberia, are at war with another race or… species of beings known as Seaborns, or "Sea Terrors". They are highly adaptable creatures, evolving rapidly into forms that best suit their environment. The ones closer to civilization can look like plants or birds or even humanoid. The ones deeper under Terra's oceans look much more… eldritch in nature.
[ Inky, black, horrifying. You know. The works. He doesn't bring this up yet, though. ]
They lack individuality because they share a hivemind with Genesezoic, or the Seaborn God. It's at the bottom of the ocean, in the deepest reaches of Terra's waters. [ … ] It's asleep now. As I said before, a team of Aegir-Seaborn hybrids were dispatched to "kill" it, but gods in my world cannot be killed as far as we're aware. So it is just asleep for now.
… Those hunters, the Aegir-Seaborn hybrids, were genetically modified. The amount of Seaborn blood they have in them is just enough for them to pinpoint other Seaborns. Just enough to give them Seaborn strength and senses and adaptability. They're heroes and… don't have to worry about Genesezoic's influence because they were heavily monitored and such after being modified. [ … ] For a while, I was told I wasn't allowed to meet them, despite my excitement to. I didn't try to, even if they were heroes. But I think I know why I wasn't able to.
[ He pulls his knees up to his chest and hugs them. ]
But, like I said, hybrids like that can sense other Seaborns, so… of course I wasn't allowed near them. It's because my doctors knew that I was also a hybrid…
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I brought this up briefly, when we discussed gods, but... I'm gonna say it again, with a little more detail, if that's alright. My race — other Aegir, from both the country of Aegir and the country of Iberia, are at war with another race or… species of beings known as Seaborns, or "Sea Terrors". They are highly adaptable creatures, evolving rapidly into forms that best suit their environment. The ones closer to civilization can look like plants or birds or even humanoid. The ones deeper under Terra's oceans look much more… eldritch in nature.
[ Inky, black, horrifying. You know. The works. He doesn't bring this up yet, though. ]
They lack individuality because they share a hivemind with Genesezoic, or the Seaborn God. It's at the bottom of the ocean, in the deepest reaches of Terra's waters. [ … ] It's asleep now. As I said before, a team of Aegir-Seaborn hybrids were dispatched to "kill" it, but gods in my world cannot be killed as far as we're aware. So it is just asleep for now.
… Those hunters, the Aegir-Seaborn hybrids, were genetically modified. The amount of Seaborn blood they have in them is just enough for them to pinpoint other Seaborns. Just enough to give them Seaborn strength and senses and adaptability. They're heroes and… don't have to worry about Genesezoic's influence because they were heavily monitored and such after being modified. [ … ] For a while, I was told I wasn't allowed to meet them, despite my excitement to. I didn't try to, even if they were heroes. But I think I know why I wasn't able to.
[ He pulls his knees up to his chest and hugs them. ]
But, like I said, hybrids like that can sense other Seaborns, so… of course I wasn't allowed near them. It's because my doctors knew that I was also a hybrid…
[ … ]
Clarke, I'm a monster.