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[arsenist]

It's always a wonderful thing when your work is something you're passionate about.

How long has it been since you became a doctor?

[seeinside]

Oh goodness, that would be around 120 years now!

[arsenist]

[What the hell, is what's in his brain, but that doesn't feel like the right response, so it isn't what he chooses.]

Sensei, are you a ghost by any chance?

[seeinside]

[ lol. lmao even. ]

Alive and well as far as I'm aware!

I did say I was looking for humans to help test, you know?

[arsenist]

Should I take that to mean you're not human yourself?

[seeinside]

Correct, I'm a youkai. A dodomeki to be specific.

[arsenist]

[alright. okay. alright. okay alright.]

wait

[He's so distracted that he forgets to type properly.]

You're a real youkai? Like from all the stories?

[Akira has managed to:

1. not ask if Takahashi is covered in eyes

2. not ask if Takahashi has long arms

3. not grab a kettle of water to go down the hall and upend it all over Akechi for throwing him into this conversation completely unprepared

-and so, he thinks he's handling this rather well.]

[seeinside]

Well, I'm a man, so that's different! But most of the stories you've heard are true, yes.

I'm not the only youkai where I come from either, though to my knowledge I am the only one here for the time being.

[arsenist]

Just to double-check something. You wouldn't happen to remember coming from a sea of human souls, would you?

[He doesn't think he's texting a Persona, but hey. He lives redacted city blocks from a ton of goblins. Anything's possible.]

[seeinside]

[ There's a good few minutes until the next message, as if he was actually thinking about it. ]

No? I don't think so?

[arsenist]

Got it. It's probably unrelated, never mind.

[He gently checks a "maybe amnesia" box in his mind.]

Is this why you're interested in studying humans, or is that just a bonus from the job?

[seeinside]

Both again! I'm going to be offering my services as a doctor to everyone here, you see, so I need to know how certain medicines effect certain bodies.

I don't get many opportunities to test humans back home either, so I'd consider that a bonus!

[arsenist]

Waking up here must be like hitting the jackpot, then.

Would I be right to assume you mostly worked with youkai up til now? I'd imagine they have a pretty big range of physiologies.

[seeinside]

It is! You get it, Kurusu-kun!

You'd be right again. I've worked with mamalian bodies, reptilian, avian, arthropodal, botanical, fungal, wooden, paper...

Any kind of youkai you can imagine, chances are they've been my patients at least once or twice. I do like to keep myself busy!

[arsenist]

Even paper, huh? I know I said you were impressive, but it feels like it has a whole new meaning now.

[Was he performing surgeries on chouchin obake...? He's startled, just a dash alarmed, but something worse is happening - he's becoming fascinated.]

Will I be the first human you've ever examined?

[seeinside]

Not the first, no. But my previous human guin

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But my previous human patients were all for more incidental examinations than anything. I still have a lot to learn about them!

[arsenist]

[This feels like a time that Akira should be backpedaling. If not backpedaling, at least hitting some breaks.

Naturally, this means that he sends:]

Well, in that case, hopefully my body can serve as a good springboard for furthering your learning.

[seeinside]

Your courage and cooperation are greatly appreciated, Kurusu-kun!

But don't worry, I'll be as gentle with you as the medicine allows.

[arsenist]

It's no problem. I appreciate the consideration, though.

My body's used to some strong medicines from undergoing medicine trials back home, but there's no telling what effect some of the local medicines will have on me.