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[sciencesquid]

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[heyunderoos]

I mean, if its within the rules, it shouldn't count, right? [It is the pooka brain lingering even in shade form that makes Peter inclined to look for some kind of loophole.]

This is all theoretical anyway, and not even like the fun kind of theoretical.

[sciencesquid]

Alright, fair enough. Let's just never arrange a full-blown pooka race, and this entire scenario will be prevented. [He pauses, and then:] Though, if I ever do find myself as a rabbit for whatever reason, I'll be happy to take you on one on one.

[heyunderoos]

[Peter snorts a little at that, more amused by how wildly the joke went out of control for them.]

Honestly, if you ever become a pooka, who knows what you'd be. Everyone ends up being so wildly different. It makes everything kind of crazy sometimes. You honestly never know what you're going to be or just how its going to look or feel.

[sciencesquid]

That's very true. [He raps his fingers against the cover of his book for a few seconds, then smiles widely.] Now I'm wondering what sort of merperson you'd make. A spider fish, perhaps?

[heyunderoos]

[The shadowy rat drifts across the wall, just making the whole thing likely stranger than it already is.]

Is a spider fish even a real thing? I mean, I could end up not- spider-y for once. Maybe.

[Never.]

[sciencesquid]

[Otto laughs, making zero effort to hide his amusement.]

It is a real thing. They like to bury themselves in the sand underwater, and if I remember right, they're very venomous. People tend to get stung by accidentally stepping on them.

[heyunderoos]

[Peter's shadowy rat tail lashes back and forth in thought, ears flicking vaguely. Sure, he's a shade, but he has muscle memory of being a pooka buried in there.] You're making me really glad I don't like the ocean very much.

It sounds like a cool fish, but one that I'd step on and it'd be a really ironic death.