... Right. Well, let's work on your alcohol tolerance first. Then you'll have time to figure it out. Or maybe you can do both at the same time, I don't know.
[He believes in your journey to self discovery, maybe.]
[He believes in your journey to self discovery, maybe.]
Yeah, that's one thing you could do... if there's someone you trust. But it should be more than one person. Two minimum. Always secure the perimeter, too.
I wish. But you won't know if something is out of place unless you put in the work first.
I think so? Well, not a lot every day. That's not healthy. But start drinking a little every few hours, and increase the amounts as you go.
You can poison yourself with alcohol, so...
[drink in moderation! for now.]
[drink in moderation! for now.]
[Mamma mia, here we go again... Hunter zooms right for him once he spots him somewhere in the void.]
You okay?
You okay?
... Okay.
[He sits down next to him, frowning.]
And how are you, uh... feeling?
[He sits down next to him, frowning.]
And how are you, uh... feeling?
... It was the same. With Hunter. Everything was fine until it wasn't.
It's frustrating. Waking up and realizing it's too late to do anything to help.
[Hunter has his hands pressed to one of the aquarium tanks, watching the angler fish do whatever angler fish do.]
... I've never seen fish like these before.
... I've never seen fish like these before.
... I'm sorry.
[a little haltingly. how are you supposed to react to that?]
But— just because things are like this now, it doesn't mean they'll stay that way forever. We'll figure it out.
[a little haltingly. how are you supposed to react to that?]
But— just because things are like this now, it doesn't mean they'll stay that way forever. We'll figure it out.
Uh... Bigger. Potentially deadly when provoked. And they can survive in boiling waters? [a beat.] The fish in the human realm are... different, though.

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