probe | sqx + yuri

Um, a little while, I guess.

A lot changed, huh? I don't mind! It's sort of interesting. I've never had a horn before!

[SLOTH, PLEASE BE AT LEAST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.]

Do you know why it started happening?

[ yuri reaches out to tweak where sloth's horn is under their hood. ]

Or why. At a stretch.

[their shoulders hunch a bit. aaaaa.]

Um, being here for a while? I don't know, they just started growing! And then they, like, kept growing!

[she pats their shoulder. there there...]

Does it bother you at all...?

[ he will stop messing with the horn. ]

Are they still growing now, or have they stopped?

Nooo, no, no! Well, I'm not myself with them really, but--I'll try something new once! I didn't have a choice? They just happened, haha!

Oh, they're still growing!

[

she looks deeply concerned.]

You're not... "yourself," with them?

[SLOTH?]

[ you get nothing but a look that just screams “SLOTH??” as well ]

[STOP?]

Wow, it sounds like you're jumping to conclusions! I meant I don't look like myself! I look a little different than I did before.

[she breathes out a sigh of relief]

...oh, good! That just sounded really worrying, Sloth...

Yeah, that phrasing was interesting.

But you're still... you, just with a few extra parts now?

Haha, sorry, sorry! I'm me, just with new parts!

[whew...]

Oh, good! That's a relief...

[she really can't help but be a little worried, though]

[ sloth you just inspire that sort of fear in people. what can we say. ]

Good. New... pointier parts. I wonder why this is happening...?

[haha! yall are funny.]

Well, we are your guides! We're not, like, masters or anything, but we're all tied to the same sin!

...it seems like pointier parts would make sleeping a little more difficult, though?

[why are they getting horns if they're sloth.]

Are you more connected though? None of us have been experiencing changes like that, even though we've all been assigned to a sin. [ or three. ]

Nope! I sleep like this usually!

[they pretend like they curl up in the air for sleep. floating! also, they can sleep anywhere unfortunately... sloth.....]

Oh... You're right! Well, it's only been a week or two, huh? Maybe you'll start growing extra things, too! Haha!

We will?

[it's been four weeks, sqx.]

[ ... well, here starts the countdown until sloth falls asleep.

yuri just

reaches up to touch his forehead, a little warily. ]

I mean... who knows, right?! Maybe you guys will get some horns! Or eyes! Or cracks!

...

[wow she really hopes not]

[ thanks but no thanks, sloth. ]</small ... Or be able to float?

Yeah! Well, um, I could already float actually!

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