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Well, you might have just thought I wouldn't see it. Secret of how you keep avoiding me stabbing you, maybe. Or how to be done with the deal that made it so I forget you when you're out of the area. Hard to properly finish that one when I don't know it exists, you know. And hard to find a way to stab you properly when I don't know who you are.

Oh, please. Why would I tell anyone how to stab me? Especially you, as a normal stabbing would do little.

The deal's over when it's over. Don't try to speed things up.

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Biteds yourg

Biteds you

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Why would you be surprised? Is there something you were hoping I wouldn't see? Just looked like our conversation to me. Unless I should go back and look again?

If I wasn't okay with it being seen, why would I have written it down? To tell all the omniscient entities I have interacted with all my private thoughts? I'm smarter than that.

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Huh, didn't know you talked about me like that in written work, Tepster! I'm flattered. Makes a guy feel special.

Please don't be flattered. Really, why am I surprised that you're reading it? You are, well, me, in a sense.

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Listen to me, boy. You will hear about sea slugs. You will enjoy sea slugs

Costasiella kuroshimae / leaf sheep. Discovered off the coast of Japanese island Kuroshima in 1993, they can indirectly perform photosynthesis by absorbing chloroplasts from algae

Cyerce nigricans. The cerata can be easily cast when disturbed. They can also swim by powerfully flapping said cerata when strongly stimulated. I think they look like butterfly wings!

Jorunna parva / sea bunny. They are covered in papillae, which are fleshy protuberances used for sensory functions. It looks like fur!

Glaucus atlanticus / blue glaucus. They are rarely seen, except during periods of on-shore winds which brings them and their prey into coastal waters. They are the most dangerous sea slug to handle, able to give humans a very painful and potentially dangerous sting

Chromodoris lochi / loch's chromodoris. They are spongivores, and prefer being on the underside of overhangs on rocky reefs. Their distribution is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. Everyone I show sea slugs to seems to love this little guy

Dirona albolineata / white-lined dirona. A translucent predator that often eats bryozoans and small snails. They generally reside on rocks and sometimes mud in the intertidal. Pretty little things, they remind me of shards of glass

Phidiana hiltoni / Hilton's Aeolid. They are known for being quite aggressive, often biting and fighting other aeolids, which is so real of them. They always reminded me of lit matches

Acanthodoris lutea / orange-peel doris. Its bright aposamatic colouration is a warning to predators of its distasteful toxicity. They also notably smell of sandalwood! You don't understand. I NEED to hold one

Nembrotha kubaryana / dusky nembrotha. They use the toxins in their prey ascidians to defend themselves against predators. The toxins are stored in their tissues then released in a slimy defensive mucus when alarmed. Nembrotha kubaryana are well-known for their neon appearance

Phyllodesmium poindimiei / Spun Of Light. It's primarily nocturnal and can cast its cerata for protection. Anyway, can we all agree that Spun Of Light is the most awesome name for a sea slug ever? I mean, look at it. That's a sea slug spun of light if I've ever seen one

Conclusion: sea slugs are the creatures ever

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Sea slug PNGs

(source: seaslug.world)

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A wide array of colorful sea slugs from The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v.112:no.3 (2015). Full text here.

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So they're interesting because they can eat things? So does pretty much every other animal out there, Teppington. And some plants. And some other stuff, too. Doesn't really make your case for you.

And you've had cause to be small, hm? Ever thought about shifting back? Don't think you made it. You're still smaller than me.

It's more their way of self defence. Using the toxins of their prey. Fascinating method.

I am hardly that much smaller than you. Besides, I've been much, much smaller. As have you, I assume.

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You know, I'm afraid I never understood what you saw in sea slugs. It's not like they can be manipulated in the same ways humans can. And humans are just pawns on the chess board compared to reality, aren't they?

Scale. Isn't it something?

Nudibranchs are fascinating creatures. They can eat things much bigger than themselves, and sometimes I tire of constant manipulation. Besides, I have had reason to be small in the past. Scale is strange, however it makes... slightly more sense once you adjust your perception.

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So, making deals with not-your-dimensional-mortals, hmm? tsk tsk, Tepster. And here I thought you were playing fair. Just your mortals.

But this should be entertaining to watch. Nightmares usually are, don't you think? So. . . revealing.

They asked. And why should I refuse, hm? They did just kill... well.

Besides, I assumed that you'd be entertained enough not to take issue.

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Journey to the Microcosmos:  Tardigrades: Chubby, Misunderstood, & Not Immortal

Images originally captured by Jam’s Germs

Thank you @airyearthgirl for inspiring me to gif these amazing lines

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Love how you just stuck someone in a coma then immediately reblogged a video of a tardigrade. Honestly I respect the grind.

thank you. :)

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(*some photos of tardigrades don't show their eyes because they're 3-d scans of the tardigrade's surface and the eyes are inside of their transparent head)

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Wonderful, Inspector. Absolutely wonderful.

Nice dealing with you.

It's not so cold anymore.

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Lessen them by letting him keep those memories, and by decreasing the bad luck placed upon him.

A price... so many interesting ones, aren't there? I could have your body experience all the physical effects that comes with being trapped in the centre of the Bifrost, as if you had never escaped. Or I could simply remove all your happy memories. A more fitting price, perhaps, would be trapping you in a nightmare and having you find a way out. I'm sure the Baron would enjoy that.

It's not so cold anymore.

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He is certainly that.

A new deal would not be good for you at all. And it couldn't dissolve the deal, simply lessen the consequences for the Baron.

It's not so cold anymore.