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[video]
[of the inside of Palom's mouth]

Look! All that gross mucus-y stuff is gone! I'm finally better now! [Not that anyone could really tell he was sick; his volume only decreased like a half notch even with a sore throat] Wanna see up my nose? I've always wanted to know what it looked like but it's kinda hard to tell with just a mirror and a light. Oh maybe you guys can play me back the video of my nose later so I can see inside myself that'd be really cool OK wait hold on I hafta take a deep breath so I don't accidentally sneeze in the middle or something I'm still a little bit

AHCHOO!

[sniff]

..........Well now there's snot everywhere. Gross.

Anyway! I remembered a lot of cool stuff! I'm from Mysidia! It's a city of mages! And I'm the youngest one, but I know like, almost all of the black magic spells already cause I'm a prodigy! Toldja I was! Everyone was jealous of me and Porom 'cause the Elder took care of us and taught us himself and we knew the most, but also 'cause I was way better at casting magic than they were.

Oh! And I remembered something else! We were all mages because we were protecting this thing called the Crystal of Water. I don't know what it does but I bet it was really important.

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[smears it around with his sleeve]

Hey! I study plenty of things. Just not weird stuff like... raising octopus or whatever it is you read.

What's wrong with octopuses? They're very smart, you know.

What's the point? They don't do anything except float around.

If you study magic, you can do all kinds of amazing things!

[For the umpteenth time, Palom prepares to turn Paul into a pig.]

*That's MONTFORT, damnit.*

Would you stop trying to determine if pigs can breathe underwater already? Geez. I don't see why you keep wanting to change him anyway. Find something else to use your little hexes or whatever on.

[Palom slowly rotates towards Hiroshi, staff still outstretched, with a thoughtful expression on his face.]

There are not enough methods of emphasis in the universe to indicate how much "No" I want to say about what you're obviously thinking.

What if what I'm thinking is 'Gosh I think Hiroshi looks just fine the way he is as a person and not as a supercool pig'?

Then you should keep that thought with you at all times and marvel at its wisdom.

You're no fun at all. Haven't you ever wanted to live life on the edge? The edge of crispy bacon strips?

I have a better idea. Look in a mirror and cast the spell on YOURSELF. Then tell me how awesome it is.

What, you think I've never tried it out? It's fun!

[FWOOMPH]

[When all the smoke and dust has cleared, there is a round, baby piglet standing there looking up at Hiroshi with beseeching eyes.]

Hngggoh.

oh my god he seriously did it.

*Give him a sec, these things never compute well for him.*

[The piggy snorts softly as it capers up in front of Hiroshi. Despite not being a dog, its curly tail is spiraling around happily. Look at those bright, shiny, adorable eyes...]

You're still not turning me into a pig, Palom.

C'mon! Why not?

[Fwoomph. A little boy is now on all fours alarmingly close to Hiroshi's personal parts.]

You're just scared to try new things. Scaredy-cat.

Why are you so fascinated with pigs anyway?

I'm not.

...I'm fascinated with turning people into pigs and seeing how long it takes before they realize I've run away.

Boy, you really know how to sell this, don't you?

See, now that I told you, you'll think I wouldn't possibly do it. ...And you'll be more prepared when it happens.

You're seriously tempting me to start sewing mirrors into my clothing, you know that?

How would mirrors help? It's not like they'd reflect my spells back at me or somethin'.

Really? Damnit.

..............

What kinda dumb magic do you think I use? You can't just bounce magic around like it's something you point and shoot; it's about completely changing reality so that you're in complete and total control! That's just insulting.

You have to cast Reflect, stupid.

Forgive me if I am not fantastically well-versed in strange, unscientific forms of force that aren't even from my own world. I know I should automatically know everything ever, but I am only human.

It's alright! Just as long as you remember for next time. And if you want to cast Reflect, you're gonna hafta learn white magic.

You can be like Porom's placeholder.

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