[Tom has his sleeves rolled up and has a bucket near him, though somehow, he still manages to look impeccable as he always does, stooping down near a tidepool on the beach. He is not wearing a swimsuit -- he would never own something so undignified -- and he appears to be completely alone
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She walks towards Tom and pushes her sunglasses up]
What are you doing?
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Where are your clothes?
[He sounds oddly toneless, despite the fact that this woman is half naked.]
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She kneels beside him.]
Did you speak with Kurotsuchi?
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[It's said more or less absently and Tom reaches his hand into the pool. What lies there is a beautiful serpent.]
Yes, I did.
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[Cameron watches Tom, but reaches out abruptly and grabs his hand before it can touch the snake.]
It's venomous.
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It won't bite.
He told me of the soul he extracted from Yuca Collabell in exchange for a piece of magical knowledge.
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What was the magical knowledge?
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[He folds his hands, still resting on his heels, watching the snake without concern.]
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[She knows it's not something she can learn, but it is something she can test, perhaps.]
Show me.
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And I don't control snakes through it.
[He has a higher respect for snakes than he does most people.]
I could on something else, though, around here. A spider. Rabbits.
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Can you make a rabbit hop onto my lap?
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Be glad there are no people passing by, Tom, they'd think something was Up here.]
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He holds up a finger to get up; he has to locate a rabbit. When he finds one, he has it held in his hands -- animals don't particularly like him either, but as soon as it gets near Cameron, the rabbit begins freaking out.
Tom arches his eyebrows and holds the rabbit a bit tighter around the ribcage with a hand; raising his wand...]
Imperio.
[The rabbit becomes slack, but the muscles are quivering... Tom places it on the ground and sets back on his heels, eyes narrowed. A flick of his wand and the rabbit hops forward, trembling, but obedient.
And, sure enough, the rabbit hops into Cameron's lap.]
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Does it still have its own mind?
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It's mind is still there.
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