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Beryl Harken

Beryl turned bright, bright red and sank beneath the surface of the pool until just her eyes and the top of her head showed above the small waves that were now rippling off of her. She stared at Luke for several seconds, her mind flying at a speed only achievable by one trying to find a way out of a suddenly awkward moment.

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That sounded really pretentious didn't it? I bet he thinks I'm full of myself or something. Uhuuhuuhuu, I wish the ground would swallow me.

The nuances of her last thought was rather lost to her in her current scatterbrained state.

Eventually she lifted just enough out of the water for her mummled reply to be audible.

_{"I have about a dozen younger siblings back home and you seemed too earnest not to have been messed with."}

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@Silvan Haven

Don't worry Beryl! Luke will never die!
_{unless we kill him first somehow!}

@NarayanK

But how do you know!? The kid is already cutting himself to make other people feel better!

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Beryl Harken

"Your semblance requires you to be hurt in order to remove the pain from another. In essence you take a part of their suffering upon yourself."

Beryl turned so that she was looking "up" at him as she lay in the water. Her face now wore a look of worry as she worked through her train of thought.

"Even with your, frankly ridiculous, healing ability a trait like that gives me a fair idea of just how far you will go to save those around you. And it is far. Far enough to get you killed if you are not careful."

Please don't get yourself killed Luke.I don't want to lose another friend.

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Beryl Harken

Luke's current insomnia distraction had taken to floating on her back around the pool. The occasional flick of her tail or feet keeping her constantly in motion.

"You want to survive, to push through whatever struggle lies before you no matter how harsh it may be. An admirable trait that requires an extraordinarily sturdy heart. Your recent change, if I had to guess, means that you want those around you to survive as well. Your friends and family, even if it means that you must suffer for it to happen."

A chuckle bubbled up through her thoughtful tone.

"As for your sister, well, I can't say I know your family that well but I would suggest you watch what you say around her. You wouldn't happen to have taken a bad bet in recent months now would you?"

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Beryl's sword is not also a gun.

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Beryl Harken

"Float like what?" Came the confused reply. She stared at Luke for a couple seconds before a look of understanding appeared on her face.

"Oh, ummm. Probably my semblance." She said, a slightly embarrassed blush appearing. "I can detect and control the water around me. It tends to kick in when I swim whether or not I mean to. It's like...it's like walking or picking something up with a hand. You don't tell your body to do it, it just does. Semblances are an extension of the soul and when I'm swimming and I can just...feel the water, all of it, it's like I am the water."

As she had spoken one of her hands dropped from the edge of the pool and into the water. Beryl stared at it, feeling the ever so slight movements of the water in the pool before pushing outward. The motion causing its own current that rippled out from the young Faunus.

"It's hard to explain to other people. Unless they have a similar semblance to mine most people just lack the proper frame of reference."

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Beryl Harken

"Mmmmmm, the water feels like it's been sitting uncovered in the sun all day. Nice and warm.

As Luke settled down nearby, Beryl idly twitched her tail a couple times and stretched her legs out behind her. She was almost laying in the water as if it were a bed our couch.

"I don't think it counts as cutting if you heal faster than you can cut." Came her reply, accompanied by it's own languid chuckle.

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yeah me too, cause catgirls

@Abillioncats

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You have my sympathy.

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Beryl Harken

Luke's comment broke through Beryl's highly suspicious and overprotective train of thought. Images of Dodici remnant revenge plots and repeats of Bianca's previous kidnapping were momentarily laid to rest as a swish of her tail turned the otter Faunus around to smile up at her friend.

"It would be hard to do a much better job without going to the actual Beacon pool." She said with a slight giggle. "Although, if you would be OK with it, I would still like to go swimming there with you some time. I tend to go a little stircrazy if I don't find somewhere to swim at least once a week."

As she was speaking, Beryl had swum over to the side of the pool and was now resting her chin and arms on the rim, head tilted slightly to allow her a better view of Luke.