[Xanth's next reply is a little delayed, because he's... kind of horrible to look at. He doesn't want Kairi to see him, but she wants to know. He just needs to work up the courage.
Soon, he does.
The video switches on to a shot of his new face. His eyes are big, red, and strangely expressive; his mouth has been replaced by tendrils that shift whenever he moves it; his nose and ears are gone; and his skin is covered in chitinous plates.
This is how I sound when I talk, he tries to say, tendrils wiggling as he does, but he only clicks and garbles.
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Soon, he does.
The video switches on to a shot of his new face. His eyes are big, red, and strangely expressive; his mouth has been replaced by tendrils that shift whenever he moves it; his nose and ears are gone; and his skin is covered in chitinous plates.
This is how I sound when I talk, he tries to say, tendrils wiggling as he does, but he only clicks and garbles.
Then, after a moment's pause, he cuts the feed.]