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"Oh, hello." Polaris waved a pom-pom. Which one of its siblings was this again? Bahamut wasn't connected enough to the team to pass along any of that information. "I thought about going swimming. But, uh, I'm too light to do anything more than float on the surface."

Chapter 21: Astonishing Goons Drawn Quick Nikki jumped back, looking at Blipbug Cid like he was pure anathema. "Oh-ho no. No, no, no, no, no!" She hastily rounded the corner. "I like to think I was keeping a pretty level head through the freaking people trapped in poison cocoons, but a laser...

With Bahamut off sulking — that was pretty much all he seemed to do in his spare time, even with newcomers — Polaris had decided to go to the beach. The only problem was that its body lacked much in the way of density. So, when it sank down to the water, it couldn't do much more than scratch the...

“Well, I’m much weaker in this body than I am at home.” Nero shrugged. “But I’ll do my best to, uh, make it close? Exciting? Something like that.” He nodded politely, then trotted off. <><><>

“An espeon from my world. She’s my wife.”

Nero squinted. “I’m happily married.”

“You don’t actually turn Blacklight type.” Nero shook his head. “At least, I hope not.”

Nero stiffened. "No. Definitely not." His electronics briefly reddened before shifting back to gray. "I just hit people with my claws a lot." He lifted a foreleg and flexed his claws. "Being adaptable helps. I could probably take you out in a single blow. Your severe steel weakness kind of works...

Bahamut facepalmed. "How long do I have to live with two of you, exactly?" <><><>

Bahamut grabbed a dead tree branch with his tail and twisted it around until it resembled the eight-pointed star branded on the back of his head. He held it up in front of Owen. "I don't have any holy water, so this'll have to do. You better not pass whatever germs turned you into a cosmic...

Bahamut just stared. "Please don't tell me getting eaten by giant daemons is something you're secretly into."

"Go live inside Eternatus and then come back and talk to me," Bahamut muttered.

"Didn't forget. Sorry." Nero laughed nervously. "But I have thousands of sets of memories running around in my head, so it kind of... got compartmentalized until it became relevant." He looked to the side and mumbled, "Didn't expect to need it to be relevant again, but that's life."

"Congratulations, then." Nero's tail wagged. "Seems like you got your head fastened on straight, then. Hope you remember these lessons when you end up departing Cibus."

Nero didn't look particularly impressed. "Is this your way of telling me you're actually grumpy and distant? Because there's always room for change. Even the silly Diyems have their respective Eiens. If they can find love and acceptance, anyone can. That's an undisputed fact."

Bahamut’s eyes narrowed. “Then make them real or something. You speak of power I am completely unfamiliar with. I can’t help much with that.”

“Maybe you should just travel to another planet and seal the power there,” Bahamut deadpanned.

“If that power is so incredible, couldn’t you put an impenetrable barrier on it or something? Or send it to another planet entirely?”

“It turned you into a gardener?” Bahamut narrowed his eyes. “If this situation is really that important to you you might have to take one for the team. Even if it turns you into a giant piece of shrubbery.”

"And you can't transfer it to something inert? Or, again, release it into, say, the planet itself allow it to disperse into nature?" Bahamut shook his head. "This is why I hate this 'divine power' business."