I guess so. I've fed as a kelpie and a shade now, but I'm no expert.
[he ponders if he wants to say what he thinks. If it will actually help. But it bubbles up almost without his consent]
This place... it's like a drug. She gets into you and makes it all seem okay. Or even good. And for some people accepting it and getting used to it are fine. I can't really judge them for it.
... but there's something to be said for looking at all this and just saying "no". We eat because we have to survive. But you don't have to be okay with it. You don't have to "adapt"- even if it's hopeless there's... something there in telling the Fog "fuck you" to her face.
[ something in him grieves at his own words. He's not that kind of person anymore. But gladion still could be, if he wanted to]
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[he ponders if he wants to say what he thinks. If it will actually help. But it bubbles up almost without his consent]
This place... it's like a drug. She gets into you and makes it all seem okay. Or even good. And for some people accepting it and getting used to it are fine. I can't really judge them for it.
... but there's something to be said for looking at all this and just saying "no". We eat because we have to survive. But you don't have to be okay with it. You don't have to "adapt"- even if it's hopeless there's... something there in telling the Fog "fuck you" to her face.
[ something in him grieves at his own words. He's not that kind of person anymore. But gladion still could be, if he wanted to]