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[mellifluently]

[Mahalia looks worried as the message starts, and she's holding herself rather strangely, both hands locked down tight around her neck.]

Do strange things happen, if you go to the wild places? I thought, so many people have been there, it should be alright. I was only there a little while, but it seems like many days have passed, and...

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[latomatetas]

Lia, querida? Why is your hair moving on its own?

[mellifluently]

I don't know. It just started doing it when I came back. It won't stop.

[latomatetas]

Did you remember doing anything out of the ordinary? Like, eating something that you're not supposed to...?

[mellifluently]

No, nothing like that, only going into the wilds. I haven't been there before, but everyone else I know has always come back fine.

[latomatetas]

Hmm, this is strange. Which part of the wilds were you in?

[mellifluently]

I'm not really sure. It seemed like I was heading towards the ocean, but I never saw it. I didn't want to get lost, so I just took some sand and came back.

[latomatetas]

It might have been the sand... but with the Gardens, we would never know. [ sigh. ]

[mellifluently]

So it might stay like this?

[latomatetas]

I'm hoping it won't, to be honest. Hair shouldn't be sentient like what yours is doing...

[mellifluently]

No, I know.

[It was incredibly disconcerting, seeing it shifting slowly at the edges of her vision, feeling it move against her face, neck and shoulders.]

I don't know how... sentient it is, though. It doesn't seem to really do anything unless I try to keep it still. But I don't know how it would act around others.

[latomatetas]

Has it shown any sign of aggression yet? Towards the animals, for example.

[mellifluently]

No, not really, although I haven't been that close to any of them.

[latomatetas]

This is a little troubling... I do hope whatever it is that makes your hair as it is will go away soon.

[mellifluently]

I hope so too. I don't really know what to do while it's like this.