nosoi.

do you know your importance? do you know your true purpose? you are a grain of sand in the grand scheme of things.

@XENON1TE i appreciate it. i'll be careful too.

@arborparasite Understood yes Rocky be careful not to hurt friend still!

well, that's a language i haven't heard in quite some time.

@XENON1TE you don't have to worry about making me uncomfortable, rocky. most things are nothing more than an itch to me.

@arborparasite Parasite.. Rocky be extra careful then. Try not to make Nosoi uncomfortable.

@frnwilliams if it helps you feel better.

@arborparasite I suppose I'll just have to look the other way then.

@frnwilliams i want to live just as much as the rest do. throwing myself into danger or gorging myself temporarily does nobody any good.

@arborparasite Okay. I believe you. You're smart. A lot smarter than most of everybody here

@XENON1TE correct. but i am also a parasite, as i cannot make my own energy. parasite is an ugly word to them despite existing for a reason. i would welcome the study. there are many interesting fungi.

@arborparasite Fungus clean up garbage, then? Not bad, fungus good! Rocky go to Earth and study fungus yes yes big science

@frnwilliams i doubt that you would. the reason that most are 'unharmed' by me is because of the restraint that i express in that regard. so, for everybody's sake, that would be in our best interest too.

@arborparasite Right I'm sorry about that. I'm not sure how exactly I'd help, or if I'd like what exactly that means.. but I hope you find some kind of alternative method regardless

@frnwilliams it's probably for the best that you don't. i eat, but i require much more than you or any other human would. what i have access to is much less than what would satiate me, unfortunately. hunger is on my mind most of the time.

@arborparasite I figured it happened some way, I just didn't want to think of how. Do you eat regularly? You keep mentioning hunger

@frnwilliams certainly not the same way that animals do, but consumption does happen.

@arborparasite That's kinda cool. Didn't know that.

@frnwilliams plant yes eat meat. plant eat plant.

@arborparasite Plant yes eat meat?

like termites crawling from the wood, eager to gnaw on anything provided to them at first opportunity.

@XENON1TE would you be afraid if it did? haha. the answer is more complicated than that. most fungus consume tissue that is already deceased. they are decomposers that utilize nutrients and ensure the rest can return to the soil.

@arborparasite Ohh, is fungus bad? Does fungus.. eat humans?!

@XENON1TE to some on earth it refers to sickness and disease. but a sound can still be beautiful to them.

@arborparasite Ohhhh. Is beautiful! No need for Grace name.

@XENON1TE i am called nosoi, but if your grace has an appropriate name, i wouldn't mind learning it. : ).

@arborparasite Special fungus! Does fungus need name? Can ask Grace. Grace make good names.

@1NFECT1OUS i will see what i can do to numb it. for now lie down if you can, and apply low heat.

@arborparasite Maybe. I am quite short. 🪻

Ghh. Ribs hurt. 🪻

@XENON1TE that depends on your definition of alien. while fungus are expected here, i am not a part of their classification. so i suppose you could say that i am alien to all, as i am the only 'me.'

@arborparasite Perhaps if fungus is alien like Rocky is to humans, statement. Is fungus alien, question?

@XENON1TE i resemble a human to some because this planet is where they are. perhaps i could have looked like you?

@arborparasite Human is not human, is plant fungus? Rocky never seen sentient fungus! Cooool!

certainly.