[In response to Riley's grumbling, Eridanus' message begins with a hearty peal of laughter.]
"You no more than I!" [He sighs,] "I miss my former appearance. I miss my smaller body, and the way magic coursed through my veins. My face is hideous now, but at least my consort likes it. The only saving grace I have."
[There's a short pause, silence cracking through the microphone like television static.]
"But you know, Riley... I have not stopped being Rim'falen, and you have not stopped being human. These temporary forms are molded by who we were before we came here — that probably says something nicer about you than it does for me."
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"You no more than I!" [He sighs,] "I miss my former appearance. I miss my smaller body, and the way magic coursed through my veins. My face is hideous now, but at least my consort likes it. The only saving grace I have."
[There's a short pause, silence cracking through the microphone like television static.]
"But you know, Riley... I have not stopped being Rim'falen, and you have not stopped being human. These temporary forms are molded by who we were before we came here — that probably says something nicer about you than it does for me."