( xiaohei pauses in licking his ice cream. he tilts his head to the side, curious at the stranger’s answers. he’d met many spirits who didn’t really like humans. he had even hated humans for a while, thinking that he wanted to get revenge on them for destroying his forest. but he can’t really recall any humans ever talking to him about how they didn’t like spirits. or animals. or cats in general.
but he had learned in the last few years that the world is an amazingly huge place, and there were innumerable people in it. they all had their own stories, their own reasons for doing what they do. good people can even do bad things when they feel they must. he might have done the same, trying to get revenge for his lost home. he’s still trying to understand a lot of it, but he thinks he wants to be a good spirit. at the very least, he doesn’t want to antagonize this stranger. )
And I’ve had bad experiences with humans.
( he says it frankly, taking a few more licks of the ice cream with a curiously blue tongue. he continues with the same level of sincerity. )
But I’ve had good ones too.
( he thinks of his master, wuxian, and xiaobei and her family… but it’s hard to think of them for too long. he misses them so much already. he doesn’t know where they are; he can’t find their scents anywhere.
one of his ears flicks. )I can turn into a human, if you want?
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but he had learned in the last few years that the world is an amazingly huge place, and there were innumerable people in it. they all had their own stories, their own reasons for doing what they do. good people can even do bad things when they feel they must. he might have done the same, trying to get revenge for his lost home. he’s still trying to understand a lot of it, but he thinks he wants to be a good spirit. at the very least, he doesn’t want to antagonize this stranger. )
And I’ve had bad experiences with humans.
( he says it frankly, taking a few more licks of the ice cream with a curiously blue tongue. he continues with the same level of sincerity. )
But I’ve had good ones too.
( he thinks of his master, wuxian, and xiaobei and her family… but it’s hard to think of them for too long. he misses them so much already. he doesn’t know where they are; he can’t find their scents anywhere.
one of his ears flicks. ) I can turn into a human, if you want?
( apparently. that is a thing he can do. )