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you really are charming and a flirt, charming flirt.

i'm not sure, but it stops a lot and i don't want you to get stuck!

that can instill a lot of kindness in a person. i'm sorry it had to be in such a painful way though.

imagine if i actually tried to charm you.

I'll make sure to steer clear.

It was just an adjustment to being on land is all! It's better now. Mostly.

whaaat. you haven't been doing that all along??

good! i mean, i think it's best for you and for whatever's making all the racket in there, probably.

mostly?

Nope!
That's just all been by accident.

Who knows I might end up in some weird realm.

I mean everyone feels lost sometimes,
right?

wow. so you're a natural charming flirt!

nonono, i can't lose you to my elevator. that'd be horrrrible.

i think you're right. no one's ever truly free of that feeling. sometimes you have to be lost before you can figure out where you're really going, right?

I cold turn up the charm, though, remember I'm a siren.

That would not be how i would like to go out.

Sometimes you find yourself where you never expected. I've found that out the hard way. But it didn't turn out bad.

oh, of course. right. i didn't think of it that way!

it's not how i'd like you to go out either! i mean, i'd like it if you stuck around! and also, that's just a terrible thing to live with!!

i think i'm in that process right now...

I haven't used the siren stuff on you. I mean I haven't used it or shifted in years.

It would be a terrible thing for you conscious. I'll stay safe!

Yeah? What's going on?

oh, i definitely didn't think that! i trust you. i do. can i ask something?

i'll do my best to forewarn you of any weirdness in the building!

just... figuring out who i am. deciding what to do next. i had a very human vision for my life!

of course,
ask away.

I appreciate it. I'm pretty clumsy oddyly enough.

Have you figured more out about what you are and what you can do?

when you say 'shift,' what does that mean? you don't have to answer if you don't want to! or can't, whatever the case may be.

you and me both. at least, sometimes. it's better to be careful!

i'm supposed to leave the human realm to learn more. i'm not... in a super huge hurry to do that.

Oh, I don't mind answering. You can ask me anything. Shifting into a siren is uh the allure I have is stronger and um I have wings and claws if I want them.

I already picked this up about you.

Can you not come back?

oh, i see! i didn't know that was something you could do. but you choose not to?

no way! how? 😋

i can, but i guess it still feels sort of final. like up until then, i can still be regular old dash. if i go... then i'm the prince.

I

haven't since I've been on the ground. my wings changed after the cleansing and they're not good now.

How you move around!

You're kind of the prince either way but if you go you can decide how and why.

i'm sorry, sungmin. is there a way to undo that?

ah, i give myself away, huh? oopsie!

that's the thing i keep trying not to think about. i mean, of course it's true! i guess it's not very princely to try and live in denial.

Not really. I would have to not be a reaper.

It turned them black. They used to be blue.

You do but not in a bad way.

Eventually, it catches up with you.
Can you bring someone with you?

i'm sorry - i have a bunch of questions and i don't mean to pry. i wish i knew more about your world, so i didn't have to ask for clarification on so many things.

i bet they were beautiful. like you are.

i think i can live with that. not in a bad way, i mean. that sort of makes me happy, actually.

bring someone with me? hm, i'm not sure. i didn't think to ask!

Ask all you want. When it's you I don't consider it prying.

I think they're ugly now. Just another thing I lost with the sea.

I'm not sure if there are issues with never shifting.

But charming!!

I like you happy.

You should ask. It might help.

thanks for being patient with me. i can't help but think i should know more! but if it's all right, i'll keep asking. can you tell me about reapers?

i wish you could have them back. i wish... things weren't this way for you.

is there any way you could shift comfortably? if there's a chance it's not good for you not to...

i'll try to stay happy, ok?

i will. there's... well, i have sort of an assistant. i'll ask them.

Okay,
I'll just give you a brief history of things here. I was born in the sea to a family of sirens and we are like a mixture of fish and bird to make it as simple to understand as possible.

One day, the sea was cleansed and I should have died with my family but I kind of tricked one of the reapers sent to collect and became one myself.

As a reaper I have to collect those who have come to their end. I'm kind of drawn to those who are about to lose their lives.

Depressing, I guess, huh?

I give them to the hounds to bring to the underworld. I don't go there myself.

As a siren, I can lure and allure people with different things I do to my voice. I'm really handy in water and like I mentioned before the wings and claws.

I'm sorry that's a lot of rambling

Maybe if I don't have to look at the wings it'll be okay.

You don't have to be happy all the time, you know.

You have an assistant? How fancy!

it's ok, don't worry about rambling! that helped a lot - and thank you for telling me. i suppose i have some more questions now, but i'll try to ask them in a way that makes sense. let's see.

how did the sea get cleansed? what does that mean? your family...

i'm really so sorry, sungmin. you've been through so much.

and you still have to do work as a reaper? can you not... quit? that sounds like a simplistic way to put it, i'm sorry.

if we could find a way for you not to look at the wings... i know this is probably not my business, i just worry. for you.

thank you. i know i don't have to be happy all the time, but i think i deserve to be when i am, if that makes sense.

sort of! it's someone from the godly realm. they came here to help me. i guess.

They basically sent this being to collect us would probably be the nicer way of putting it. I only survived because of the deal I made. I had a pretty big family and I miss them everyday. You would have liked them I bet.

I don't think I can quit! If I tried, I would probably uhh get collected?

I'm not sure how it really works.

The fact you care means a lot. Thank you, Dash. I guess I just have to get used to them.

If course! You should feel everything you feel.

Are you sure they aren't monitoring you?

who would do that? why? that's terrible. to take your family from you... i wish i could've known them.

isn't there some way to go over someone's head about that? the godly realm seems so bureaucratic, honestly. people shouldn't be forced to do work like that if they don't want to.

i care about you! i don't like the thought of you being sad or uncomfortable. what if you had something else to focus on then?

bad and good feelings both, right?

... i hadn't thought of that. i don't think so though? they seem awfully concerned for me. [ Dash, you sweet boy. That is what they were sent to do, but luckily for everyone, they're not too excited about that. ]

I'm not sure who made it happen. I just know the being sent to do it. We were marked as evil or something.

What could they even do?

Like focusing on you?

Yes. Both are important.

Dash, you're a prince. I'm pretty sure that means they're monitoring you and like probably getting you ready for the realm.

evil?? who would say that about an entire group like that... that's what's evil if you ask me.

i'm not sure, but i wish there were something. i wish i knew more to help...

you could. if you wanted, i mean. i'd be there for you if you wanted.

i need to not forget that! it's hard.

really? you're probably right and i probably knew that, but it was easier to think otherwise. i guess i want to think i have some allies, but in terms of that realm and the palace and the crown and everything, i might be going it alone.

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