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Good fucking riddance

It's probable that like some symbiotic relationships in nature the body must have him in order to survive now. It's totally dependent on him now. I wonder if maybe his species damages or destroys cognitive function in the hosts brain so it can take over that job instead? If that's the case without the symbiote the body would just be a vegetable.

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Just sit with her, she seems lonely :(

Have you ever had a good massage? A common technique is to hold your tense muscles in place for 20-30 seconds. The muscle can't stay tense under pressure for long. They eventually relax.

Liminal places are more unnatural than most. When humans create one, the bounds of reality are stretched and tense. By staying too long, something has to give. In this case, it was the bounds of existence. Your experiences were from nearby realities.

Good thing you didn't fall right thru. You probably had a few close calls you didn't even notice.

You'd do best to stay right here. Empathy, compassion, and general civility are rare even in our own world. You saw that in Club Red.

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I’m confused…if OP is a snake because his father was, then wouldn’t Matthew already have inherited it?

Or…I was thinking that OP’s dad left to protect OP, but no, he just left to go make more babies/hosts, didn’t he?

This is horrible! The only silver lining however is that at least the body regenerates and you return to normalcy. I think that becoming vegetarian would be the best thing to do.

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Halfway through I thought that the father was gonna convince his son to kill his child, so his son and grandson didn’t have to suffer like he did.

Or, he had to leave the baby out in the rainstorm, relieving the headaches and continuing the cycle. (Maybe the headaches were some kind of calling to do this?)

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What you did is more important than what you are on an anatomical level. You love you son, you protected him from your shitty dad, you’re a great person even if you’re not human. All the best to you and your family OP.

No, he didn’t. He said maybe in the future, essentially just putting it off so she’d forget.

I wonder if ear plugs would be a viable way to contain it. Prevent water from entering, or eggs from leaving.

The same thing that would happen to anything that breaths air that gets trapped underwater.

Op said “maybe one day” not now and didn’t say yes

This might be kind of a hot take, but I don't think it'd be unethical of you to have a child of your own species, when you're ready. It sounds like the symbiont carries on the host's memories and personality, and the host body is still able to do totally normal human body things, so the question of whether something has been lost is more one of metaphysics than biology. I know it's complicated for you because the only member of your species you know you've met was your dad, who was a supremacist asswipe, but you turned out pretty decent in spite of him. Take some time and mull it over, and by the time the wife's ready for baby #2, you probably will have reached a decision.

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Maybe Lucy's mom died then took revenge.. Cos u know, bitch ass childs mom said "get hammered somewhere else" Lucy's mom died and was just like "maybe u should ALL get hammered right here u filthy strumpet"

I'd be looking for professional help to help Lucy and her mom find peace and move on tho, don't want to go at it all thumbs/amateur style and accidentally piss them off.

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