[ The light-hearted teasing is put to a stop when he asks that question, the smile that had been forming on her lips despite the caution she held about being in Everglade faltered, and she stared at him quietly for a moment before turning her eyes ahead. She waits for the bartender to set the drinks down and takes a drink of hers. Right when it finally seems like she isn't going to say anything, she speaks up. ]
I have to hold onto everything about who I am or I won't be able to tell who that is when I eat the wrong brain. Every time I eat one, part of that personality takes hold of me and becomes part of who I am until the next one. Half the time, I don't know if what I'm doing is me or who I last ate and I can't control it. I've lost my family, my fiance, and two boyfriends because of being this. The more "this" I am, the more people get hurt. Nevermind the active cannibalism and the fact that half the people I'm around make me feel like Homer Simpson around a box of donuts that I just need a good hard rock to get to, or if I don't eat I stop being me entirely and end up like those mindless apocalypse-starting zombies who want nothing more than to tear into every piece of flesh they're near and don't care who they scratch. There's no coming back from that, we already tried.
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[ The light-hearted teasing is put to a stop when he asks that question, the smile that had been forming on her lips despite the caution she held about being in Everglade faltered, and she stared at him quietly for a moment before turning her eyes ahead. She waits for the bartender to set the drinks down and takes a drink of hers. Right when it finally seems like she isn't going to say anything, she speaks up. ]
I have to hold onto everything about who I am or I won't be able to tell who that is when I eat the wrong brain. Every time I eat one, part of that personality takes hold of me and becomes part of who I am until the next one. Half the time, I don't know if what I'm doing is me or who I last ate and I can't control it. I've lost my family, my fiance, and two boyfriends because of being this. The more "this" I am, the more people get hurt. Nevermind the active cannibalism and the fact that half the people I'm around make me feel like Homer Simpson around a box of donuts that I just need a good hard rock to get to, or if I don't eat I stop being me entirely and end up like those mindless apocalypse-starting zombies who want nothing more than to tear into every piece of flesh they're near and don't care who they scratch. There's no coming back from that, we already tried.