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[battingaverage]

[this dude in some sort of black and gold military garb is delicately plucking an ear off of a nail-studded baseball bat.

he looks like he feels much better.]

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[healingcock]

Oh good, you're back. Finish up and get in here.

[healingcock]

Don't be mean to me.

[battingaverage]

I feel as if I have been programmed into an extremely poorly rendered version of home.

[healingcock]

Okay, the truth of it is that you have been here before, and you can think of it as a different Konatsu, but I can already tell you're one and the same. You just don't have any memories of that time. This place is unfortunately real, and defies logic and logical explanation--you're going to have to get used to that, again.

[battingaverage]

You are not addressing any of my points. If I have been here three years, I would surely not still be 19 years old. I would like to think I will have matured somewhat by the time I am 22. As for the defiance of logic and explanation, I promise you I am far ahead of you there.

What do you mean, you can tell?

[healingcock]

Time doesn't work here the way it works in most worlds--that's the only explanation I can offer you.

You act the same way you always do; that's how I know.

[battingaverage]

Ha ha. Do I? I see.

How long until I wake up? If this was a test, I believe I have passed it and we may move on.

[healingcock]

That's not how it works, kiddo. This is all real, no matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise.

[battingaverage]

Simply saying so will not convince me.

[healingcock]

Obviously not--you're one of the most stubborn humans I've ever met. But you can either take my word for it, or find out for yourself. One of those choices is easier than the other.

[battingaverage]

. . . If it is true that I may be stuck here for years at a time, I will be finding out for myself whether I wish it or not, sir.

[healingcock]

Raphael.

I know--but a lot of the things you'll find out suddenly, painfully, and embarrassingly.

[battingaverage]

. . . Go on.

It is not as though I have anything else to do.

[healingcock]

You're trapped, you can't have sex, your body will undergo periodic transformations against your will... shall I go on?

[battingaverage]

Transformations?

[healingcock]

Usually for no more than a week-- you'll always change back to yourself. Small comfort, but.