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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

[A voice post, as Hallibel still getting used to this place. She's simply musing aloud.]

I am used to hunger, but to need food... it is different. Pleasant. I wonder, did I have a favorite kind when I was human? So many memories lost to time.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

You're... not human anymore?

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

No. I'm not sure I ever was.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

What would you be... what would you have been if you're not?

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

[Patiently, and without any shame for the facts.] I am an amalgamation of souls. I do not recall how many were merged to create what I am now.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

[ There's a long pause. ]

... Souls.

I'm sorry, I don't— I don't understand.

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

If a human dies and their soul is not ready to move on, it lingers in the mortal world. Should it linger too long, it becomes a Hollow, and it begins to prey on other souls.

Should it feed on enough, it will begin to merge with its fellow Hollows. Most of the time, these merged Hollows, the Menos, are mindless automatons, but on occasion, a dominant personality emerges among the many and controls it all.

That is where I, the personality you now speak to, begin.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

[ For someone who believes very, very strongly that souls pass on to an afterlife, this is actually pretty disturbing. Caprica's voice falters a little. ]

You're... like a ghost.

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

[There is the sound of a zipper, and her voice becomes muffled.] That is an acceptable word. The classic definition of 'ghost' does not apply to me, however. I am solid. I bleed. And I can die.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

I see.

[ She doesn't, really, but it's better than trying to keep pressing for answers she doesn't understand. ]

So you didn't need food, before?

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

[She could explain this all day long, but moving on is fine. Hallibel is cool like that.]

The strong devoured the weak. I was strong. Devouring lesser Hollows was all I needed... but on occasion, we had tea.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

[ She makes a quiet noise that's almost a laugh at how mundane tea sounds next to that. ]

From what I can tell, there are plenty of fruits and vegetables here, and wildlife, if you can hunt.

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[espadatres.livejournal.com]

I do not wish to kill so that I may live. Fruits and vegetables will be fine.