༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ I go not ungerstang how some of my fellow seagwellers can bringg dhemselves to surface into dhe oxyggenateg plaggue beyong dhe oceans unprotecteg. Go you not perceive dhe pestilence in front of you? I shoulg only ask dhat if your exposeg chitin has toucheg dhe contaminant dhat you rinse widh fresh water ang go not gragg it back widh you into our saline sanctuary ༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖
8><8ㅤThis cਊrpਊreal ><essel ਊf ><ine has prਊ><en itself tਊ be quite i><per><iਊus tਊ the ><achinatiਊns ਊf any ><alignant ail><ent ਊr insidiਊus pathਊgen. Indeed, I dਊ belie><e, with a degree ਊf certainty that bਊrders ਊn the absਊlute, that such ><icrਊscਊpic aggressਊrs find the><sel><es quite unable tਊ establish e><en the ><ਊst rudi><entary fਊਊthਊld within this cਊnstitutiਊn.ㅤ8><8
Sure. I hardly gx intx saltwater anyway
༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ It is not dhat you will at any ggiven time contract dhe gisease, it is dhat any instance of exposure coulg be your last. I envy dhe robustness of your ggenetic immunity. I have not been exposeg, but also I go not plan to be exposeg ever ༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖
8><8ㅤI a>< prਊfਊundly indebted tਊ ><y ><ਊst esti><able ><ਊther fਊr her discerning judge><ent in dee><ing ><e deser><ing ਊf such a felicitਊus aug><entatiਊn. It was, I dare say, a decisiਊn ਊf cਊnsiderable fਊresight, a ><ਊst e><traਊrdinary act ਊf ><aternal bene><ਊlence that has, I a>< certain, ele><ated ><y cਊnstitutiਊn.ㅤ8><8
༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ I gon't know what a modher is, but I gon't dhink dhat dhey are important for our biologgy. A modher can sometimes refer to dhe collection of bacterial orgganisms at dhe boddom of a boddle of vineggar. Is your lusus a colony of komaggataeibacter? If so, I gon't dhink we will be able to be friengs ༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖
8><8ㅤਊne is cਊ><pelled tਊ a><ਊw, that "><ਊther" is, in fact, the appellatiਊn by which I affectiਊnately address ><y Lusus. And, tਊ be perfectly clear, such a appellatiਊn ਊf 'Bacteria' is far frਊ>< accurate, and indeed, I dਊ belie><e she wਊuld find herself ><ਊst grie><ਊusly ਊffended were she tਊ be sਊ described, fਊr she is nਊne ਊther than the fਊr><idable Wea><er Squid.ㅤ8><8
༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ I am gglag dhat you're loses is not a bacterial orgganism, dhis is probably ggoog for dhe longgevity of your existence ༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖
Personally - desp-se breath-ng a-r. -t feels th-n all the t-me. But sk-n can handle touch-ng a-r, Plag-a. Get at least ten percent of a gr-p.
༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ It is not dhat my chitin cannot tolerate dhe presence of air, it is dhe viral plume to which I take offense. It is gisggustingg, vile, dhe igea of an airborne padhoggen caressingg dhe vulnerable surface of my bogy. I can only imaggine it fingingg dhe smallest paper cut or milgest abrasion, seddlingg itself into my flesh ang multiplyingg dhere. Are you not gisturbeg? Goes it not gisggust you, dhe igea of a tiny inferior microscopic animals reprogucingg insige dhe very fabric of your beingg? To me, dhis is a horror beyong ungerstangingg ༊࿐ ✤ ⊹ ࣪ ˖
- th-nk - bled too much as a young troll to be over-concerned about m-crob-ota. As - understand -t, most seawater -s about equally loaded w-th v-ral, bacter-al, and prot-st-c would-be pathogens.