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[Ah, Sora's follow-up question is much more simpler than hers... but before Lightning answers, she has one very important question first.]

What's a mermaid?

[As far as I know, they don't exist in the crystal universe so I'm making an executive decision and going with it.]

[oathkeeper]

What's- What's a mermaid? You've never heard of a mermaid before? Or read about them in stories?

[That's so strange! Even in other worlds that Sora has been to people have heard about mermaid stories!]

Mermaids are creatures that look like half human and half fish! They're really magical and live deep in the oceans!

[He accidentally leaves out which part is half fish--]

[sparkstrikes]

No. I don't know that we've had them on Cocoon, or even Pulse.

[That does raise an eyebrow, though, because she's getting the worst possible image in her head. Yes... it's exactly what you think. This is the most horrific image.]

So, a human with a fish's head?

[Because that's the only logical way that they could breathe underwater, of course?]

[oathkeeper]

[Sora bursts out laughing as expected.]

No, it's one leg and arm is human and the other leg and arm are fish fins.

[Sora...........]

[sparkstrikes]

[Her confusion is so pungent that the awkwardness can be felt in the lingering silence throughout their connection. Why would anyone want to live out a life with a leg and a fish tail? How does that even make it easy to swim? It's hard enough with two legs in some situations, but having to do it all the time?

Well, at least that makes Lightning's answer easy.]

A lion.

[She's going to go on thinking that's exactly what a mermaid is because she moves on to her question next!]

Would you rather have the power to be invisible... or to fly?

[Is she getting it now???]

[oathkeeper]

[He figures that one would be a pretty obvious choice with how sora twists his explanation. But he laughs anyway.]

You'd make a great lioness, Lightning.

[Alright. This is a good question but Sora has actually flown before so this makes it a pretty easy pick.]

I think I'd pick to be invisible. But only if I can pick to turn it on or off. If not, I'll take the flying.

[sparkstrikes]

[She cocks a brow, but there's the subtle twitch of a smirk at the corner of her lip.]

You can't make the rules on the powers. That's cheating.

[oathkeeper]

What? I can't!?

[Sora snickers under his breath.]

Okay, okay. That's fair. I'll take flying then! Because who wants to be invisible all the time?!

[He'd probably go crazy.]

[sparkstrikes]

Dunno. It'd be good for pranking your friends, but pretty useless otherwise.

[Is this what Lightning would use powers of invisibility for? Absolutely.]

But flying is the better answer anyway. Don't have to deal with traffic.

[Unless everyone else flies, but that would just defeat the purpose???]

[oathkeeper]

Hah! That's a great way to use invisibility. Imagine everyone thinking they were haunted by ghosts or something.

[Nod nod. Alright time for a new question, right?]

Okay, Lightning. Would you rather... Would you rather put a dirty sock on Auron's face? Or Snow's?

[sparkstrikes]

I— [Wait.] What kind of question is this?

[This shouldn't even need to be asked??? The answer is simple. And who's to say she hasn't done it already? jk]

Snow's.

[oathkeeper]

It's a good question.

[No it's not.]

You'd really do that to Snow?

[sparkstrikes]

I could do a lot worse than putting a dirty sock on his face.

[Like her fist!!! Just kidding, they're past that now, but she is so not past putting his own smelly socks on him.]