he comes closer, squinting into the tank she was talking to(?) and standing silently as he assesses for what he's looking for. ]
There - see that glow? [ spotted - he points ] Follow that until you can see the needle teeth and empty eyes. That's a female angler fish. They have a bioluminescent lure to draw in prey in the dark.
It can be, in things like fish and insects. [ pause, considering ] And algae. But in Hell I wouldn't be surprised if creatures that weren't supposed to glow did.
[ straightforward information. ]
If it's eight and has a kind of bulbous head? An octopus. The ocean is weirdly keen on giving stuff a lot of limbs, actually.
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Deep sea things that look like they definitely live where the sun don't shine, mostly. Ever seen an angler fish?
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No. I have only seen the sea once, but I do not believe anything lives in that sea. Which one is the angler fish?
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he comes closer, squinting into the tank she was talking to(?) and standing silently as he assesses for what he's looking for. ]
There - see that glow? [ spotted - he points ] Follow that until you can see the needle teeth and empty eyes. That's a female angler fish. They have a bioluminescent lure to draw in prey in the dark.
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What is the one with many arms?
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[ straightforward information. ]
If it's eight and has a kind of bulbous head? An octopus. The ocean is weirdly keen on giving stuff a lot of limbs, actually.
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Thank you. You are quite knowledgeable about many topics. It is to your credit.
[mostly she's just relieved to know what's supposed to be in there.]
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So, glad to share. [ especially here ] This place is fucked up, so I'm going to take advantage of the stuff I do know to offset the stuff I don't.
What kind of sea was it, that you'd seen before?
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[she frowns, still looking at the tank.]
I thought I saw something else in there. But I wasn't certain of it.