(homo) rin

[onlypets]

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[onlypets]

[The expression on his face softens ever so slightly as he watches, and listens, to Rin.]

Killing humans means… I am no better than a human. I don’t think I could make my father understand this even if I had tried.

There’s no need for us to do that, Grandfather, or Father, or even my son. Humans always end up destroying themselves on their own.

They just also have the terrible habit of destroying others while doing so.

[damp]

[ HELLO ]

You have a son...?

[onlypets]

[He gives Rin a look before glancing away…… He thinks about not explaining. It’s no one’s business, especially not a human’s.

But then he looks back again.]

Yes. He was born recently, but it isn’t the way you think. My son… used to be my father.

[damp]

[ okay. ]

[damp]

[






what ]

[damp]

... So that really isn't anything that I would think. Is that... how your species normally works?

[onlypets]

[Rin. (He’s valid honestly.)]

The detective shot him. When we die, we’re reborn again. The son becomes the father, and so on, and so on. Grandfather raises whoever was recently renewed.

[More quietly:]

…We are clones. My father and I.

[damp]

[ D WHAT IS YOUR LIFE ]

O... kay. [ o_o ] Are you all... usually clones...?

[onlypets]

[I didn't even get this notif, hello.]

There are only three of us, and yes. There needs to be two of us, so we don't forget.

[damp]

[ the way i just realized they should be emotionsharing this entire time

well, d can probably guess that rin is absolutely bewildered without feeling his emotions. ]

So, your grandfather cloned his son to make sure there would at least be two of you?

[onlypets]

[WE BOTH FORGOT AND EMOTION SHARE WOULD HAVE HELPED THE APOLOGY

D is… actually feeling kind of sad.]

My father cloned himself and Grandfather to make me.

[damp]

[ that's kind of surprising. rin's not sure why he wouldn't expect sadness from d. ]

Why?

[onlypets]

[He looks away.]

There has to be two of us.

[damp]

[ The vibes are... sad, awkward and confused. ]

So he just created you for that? Doesn't sound like... a great dad.

[onlypets]

[The sadness melts into something sternly detached.]

He is my father only in title. I had only met him again recently. I did not see him the rest of my life.

The same will be true for my son, and then his son, and then his.

[damp]

[ He seems... weirdly anxious about this. ]

Does it have to be that way? What happens if you change it?

[onlypets]

This is the way it must be for us to fulfill our duty as caretakers. The pet shop cannot be left alone. One must be born anew, and one must be already in motion.

[He looks at Rin, face a bit thin to match the prickle of resolution. Resignation?]

This was about you, not about me anyway.

[damp]

[ don't look at him he's shy ]

It's about both of us, idiot. [ he just mutters before stuffing more sushi in his face, grief and frustration rolling off him ] You don't trust humans but maybe there's someone else that could... help.

[onlypets]

[The juxtaposition of these threads is killing me.]

There isn't anyone. It's not beneficial for us to have ties anywhere. We're not restricted by mankind's enforced boundaries. We come, and we go. [He smiles, but the feelings behind the smile are sad.] We live and we die.

My father left me with the same words I will one day give my son: Do not embrace hope again. We must never forgive the humans.

[damp]

[ D is really opening up his entire heart to Rin. ]

... Don't you think you could be better than him? [ Furrows his brows. ] Isn't there anyone that you care about, other than the pets at your shop.

[onlypets]

[Well, they're DEAD, and he will simply erase Rin's memories if they ever aren't nerfed. It's fine.]

I can't be separated from what I was made to do. [There is a blip of something here, something sad and hurt, and then very quickly it's shoved aside, and he looks away.] No, there isn't anyone.

[why is this a lie]

[damp]

[ THE WAY HE'S JUST LYING... IN THEIR HEART TO HEART ]

... Are you just saying that because you're afraid of being hurt? [ ... ] I mean, I don't know your situation, and maybe you think you're going to be as bad as a human if you're selfish but I don't think it's selfish to hope or to want people to share your life with.

[onlypets]

[SHUT UP]

No, you still aren't understanding. The only other people on my earth aside from the animals are humans. And I cannot complete my duty if they are given special treatment by being close to me.

The pet shop is no place for humans to stay. They don't belong there.

[damp]

[ look he doesn't know maybe there are vampires or something ]

What happens to them in there?

[onlypets]

[There are vampires, very funny.

Were?]

They just cannot stay. It is a pet shop for animals. Humans don't belong in a pet shop.