KATSUMI: “This thing is like, so genuinely disgusting.

[KATSUMI POINTS TO HER GAVV, ITS BUMPY, BLUE AND LEATHERY HIDE
CONTRASTING HER OLIVE SKIN TONE]

KUGURE: “...It was entirely your choice to have a gavv grafted onto
you.”
KATSUMI: “Well duh, it was do or die, and I ain't so squeamish I'd
choose dying over living… But like, having it just be in there
where my guts are supposed to be… Feels freaky as hell.”
KUGURE: “I find it surprising your body hasn't completely rejected
it. It was helluva work to get your cavity’s contents rearranged…”
KATSUMI: “It's a stomach, not a cavity, dude. I'm not still not,
quite sure my stomach is in there though, it feels so light.”
KUGURE: “Well of course, there is a certain gap in there to make
space for the gavv’s cavity; although they're not often used for
that purpose nowadays, they used to be a means of chowing down
larger lifeforms in our home world. I guess you could consider
them mostly a vestigial organ, though there is a considerable
number of granutes that have special properties attached to their
gavv...”
KATSUMI: “...So you got rid of my guts??”
KUGURE: “I did not get rid of your organs, Katsumi. I rearranged
them, are you listening to what I'm saying?”
KATSUMI: “Listen man, you yapped a whole lot just now and I only
registered about a quarter of what you said. I'm just saying it
feels like my guts aren't there. I mean I feel like I've barely…
processed the shit I ate just now.”
KUGURE: “Well… It may take a while for your body's functions to
synchronize with Lattla’s gavv. I myself am not quite sure how it
works.”
KATSUMI: “Hm? What do you mean you don't know how it works? I
thought you and that Lattla guy were supposed to be like,
biologists or something?”
KUGURE: “While yes, we did spend quite a bit of time researching
the nature of gavvs and why some families of granute are capable
of creating minions, I can't say we were able to… fully understand
how they function. Lattla’s gavv in specific is a special case…”
KATSUMI: “Oh for real? What's the secret sauce of this thing?”
KUGURE: “Well, before he was caught, and we subsequently had to
flee to your world, he did tell me he had made a ‘breakthrough’
concerning the function of gavvs. I suspect that the bizarre
coloring of his — and now technically your — gavv is an effect of
his ‘breakthrough.'”
KATSUMI: “What, are blue gavvs just not a thing in that world of
yours?”
KUGURE: “Well, I wouldn't say they aren't a thing; I haven't met
every granute that has ever lived after all, it's just that…
Lattla's gavv wasn't blue before we last spoke. And well, you were
able to receive the organ especially well, almost as if…”
KATSUMI: “...It was modified in a certain way? Is that even
possible for you weirdos?”
KUGURE: “I can't fully discard the possibility considering the
sudden change in the coloring of his gavv, coupled with the fact
that a human body was able to receive and even adapt to a grafted
gavv… Lattla must've discovered something important surrounding
the nature of gavvs.”
KATSUMI: “Enough to go in and mess with the structure of one. Damn
that dude sounded sick in the head.”

[KATSUMI LIFTS UP HER SHIRT AND STARES AT THE BLUE PATCH OF SKIN SHE
NOW HAS, SMILING WITH A WICKED GRIN]

KATSUMI: “Which is kinda fuckin’ awesome.”

KUGURE: “...Are you sure there's not something wrong with the way
your brain works?”

[KATSUMI LAUGHS LIKE A GOBLIN, BEFORE HER GAVV GRUMBLES, PUTTING

BOTH PARTIES INTO HIGH ALERT]

KATSUMI: “Uh, Kugure? Is that… supposed to happen?”

KUGURE: “I'm… not sure. I can't say I have any idea how your body
is supposed to work.”
KATSUMI: “Ah fuck me sideways then. I swear to god if I die now
after surviving going through the shitter I'm going to be so
goddamn—”

[KATSUMI’S GAVV MOVES, IT'S LIPS PARTING AS IT HURLS FORTH A

CIRCULAR, PINKISH CARAPACED DEVICE. IT LANDS ON THE FLOOR OF HER
APARTMENT, COVERED BY A THICK LAYER OF SPIT AND MUCK, KATSUMI
BURPING ALONG WITH HER GAVV AS IT CLOSES IT'S LIPS ONCE MORE.]

[BOTH KUGURE AND KATSUMI ARE BOTH LEFT SPEECHLESS, KATSUMI COVERING
HER MOUTH IN EMBARRASSMENT AS SHE STARES AT THE DEVICE SOAKING HER
CARPET WITH SPIT.]

KUGURE: “That's… Not normal…”

[KATSUMI TURNS HER GAZE TO KUGURE, SCAMPERING ON THE GROUND AS SHE

HIDES BEHIND HIS LEGS]

KATSUMI: “WHATDOYAMEAN IT'S NOT NORMAL??? WAS IT SUPPOSED TO BE

NORMAL??? DOES THIS HAPPEN FREQUENTLY?? ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE
BIRTH ON MY LIVING ROOM, KUGURE???”
KUGURE: “Well hopefully not, I wouldn't want my children to be
associated with your carpet.”
 KATSUMI: “NOT THE TIME TO JOKE AROUND MAN!! WHAT THE FUCK IS
THAT???”

[KUGURE APPROACHES THE DEVICE, PICKING IT UP WITH A DISGUSTED

EXPRESSION. HE TURNS IT AROUND IT AROUND, INSPECTING IT WITH MORBID
CURIOSITY]

KUGURE: “Well… This doesn't look like a minion type I know of… Nor
does it seem to be an organ normally contained within a gavv… It's
far too intricate in nature for that…”
KATSUMI: “OKAY OKAY, We get it, you're a nerd!! What's the deal
with it?!”
KUGURE: “I'd have to more thoroughly analyze it to provide you with
a solid answer. However, my current guess is that it's an…
extension of your gavv. Perhaps an auxiliary, external organ meant
to function with your new digestive system?”
KATSUMI: “So like… A second stomach…?”
KUGURE: “If you want to call it that, sure. It is a hasty
hypothesis that I'm making here, I can't fully tell what it's true
purpose is unless I can analyze it more thoroughly.
 KATSUMI: “Well, I don't really know man, family is fuckin'
complicated.”
KUGURE: “You say as if you have experience with that.”
[KATSUMI SCOFFS]
KATSUMI: “Yeah, you could say that I do. It's not a fun story
though.”
KUGURE: “When is it ever a fun story with you?”
KATSUMI: “Eh, fair enough. My family isn't… the most usual thing.
My parents got divorced early on, things got out of hand real
quick, and I ended up living mostly alone through most of late-ish
middle school. I don't really hate ‘em per say, but I still don't
really like them. I mean hell if I had the chance I'd never talk
to them again.”
KUGURE: “That's rather harsh. What's the reason for that?”
KATSUMI: “Mostly because they're selfish dicks. I dunno if they
really cared about how I felt during the whole thing. They barely
contact me nowadays, and we rarely talk face to face. I mean hell
the last time I've really had an in-depth conversation with them
was after getting run over, and even then it was mostly
legal-bureaucracy bullshit. I just can't even begin to care about
whatever the hell they're doing.”
KUGURE: “Hm… are you sure you aren't being too unreasonable about
this? I'm sure they gave it a lot of thought, especially
considering that they had a daughter.”
KATSUMI: “Maybe I'm being unreasonable, but I kinda can't care,
man. Whatever the hell they talked about, they still handled the
thing horribly. They had this on and off thing for years following
the divorce, and every time it just made my mom miserable. But
guess what? She still kept doing it! It's like she thought my dad
would change after a few months of thinking about it! It's
ridiculous, he never changed, he probably never will. That's just
the sort of person he is.”
[KATSUMI YAWNS AS SHE SHIFTS IN HER SOFA]
KATSUMI: “And it's like… I dunno, today they seem to be on better
terms. And it's like good for them, I'm glad they could get some
of their shit together, but it still doesn't change the fact they
were god awful at raising me. Not that I could've done a better
job, but at least I know that, y'know? They just don't put in the
effort to try, but I can't even completely blame them considering…
the sort of person I am nowadays. To be honest, if I had a
daughter like me I'd also be ashamed of her!”
[KATSUMI SNORTS]