I hate you you know.

Looking through the transmission field, I see my face, the face I would have worn if that damned old man hadn't chosen me to trade. I know you've endured pain, suffering and loss as well. But your hurts are nothing compared to what I've had to go through.

You're not so different from me, you know. Yeah, you hate that. You don't want to be associated with a "monster" like me. Too bad. I can't believe you're my other half either. I'd have preferred someone with at least a decent sense of fashion.

Why the hell are you wearing that ridiculous outfit anyway?

I guess it doesn't really matter. Fashion, personality, looks, it'll all disappear once we merge and I become whole.

Ah, you don't like the idea, do you? I thought not. I knew you'd refuse at first. You're so pure, so innocent, that just touching evil chills your bones.

I'm not fooling myself; I know what I am. I'm not saying I'm proud of it. I had no choice in the matter. Traded away like some stock animal and thrown into that hell. I went mad in there, to the point that any escape would have been welcome. Dakki was my savior.

Don't look at me like that. You would have done the same thing. Trapped in a place where you could hear demons on the edge of the darkness. Hungry, slavering, wanting your flesh and blood. Knowing that there was only a thin barrier keeping them away, and at any moment that barrier could break and...

No. I don't want to remember that cage. Ever again.

Where was I? Oh yeah, merging. You really have no choice you know. You're fucking dead. There's nothing you can do to stop Dakki like that. I'm giving you a chance to complete your mission.

You're considering now. I knew you would. You've got a sense of loyalty and duty to that old fart. You'd sacrifice your life for a few worthless humans.

Hurry up already. Merge with me; let me forget this existence I was damned to. Give me a smidgen of your happiest memories, an inkling of what it's liked to be loved and respected.

Give me back my humanity.