Unsevered Ties

68. Give a Dog a Bone

Chapter 68: Give a Dog a Bone

"What do you mean, your name is Esga? You think you're just going to take my name and rearrange the letters? To be from a God, you are an immature being."

Sega and Aiden occupied the floor and wall on the far side of the dark room. 'Esga' sprawled out on the bed like a kid watching something entertaining. Its own reflection seemed immensely fascinating. If it weren't for the fact that Esga was so black it made the sheets look faded in comparison, it would blend into the bedding.

"I am as old as the separation from the Abyss." It rolled to its back, peering at the two while the long 'hair' cascaded down the side of the bed. "So I am...Nine?"

"It's nine, Sega," Aiden grumbled from his place of safety because he was not going near that thing. "Like it had birthdays and counted the fucking candles." Aiden still couldn't wrap his head around what was happening. "You sure are one big ass nine-year-old."

Esga's head turned like a confused animal. "Is this form undesirable? You desired it many times last night. We enjoyed it too. Shall I change?"

"No, nope, do not do that, turn to goop shit, again. It makes my skin crawl!" Aiden was having a conversation with an entire talking energy being.

At this point, shock no longer held a part in any equation. "And what do you mean you enjoyed it too!?" Aiden looked at Sega, trying to read his expression. Was he shocked? It was evident by both their confusion that he did not know the Black could come out and...chat.

Esga huffed, "how many times Bear? We are one. Without host, I wither and starve. Without me, host dies. I cannot separate us, host soul and my energy are no longer separate. Fused..." How else could it be said in their language? "When together, I see all, I hear all." Esga's smile appeared. "I feel all."

Sega's face hit his palm, brows twitching. "Are you saying you... when I am enjoying myself... you understand the feeling? You can feel it?"

Razor-sharp teeth graced their vision. "Bingo."

"Fucking Bingo, it says! What is with those teeth? You steal my looks and my name, but you can't properly duplicate my teeth? I don't have those fucking shark chompers!"

"Teeth cannot change. I devour by nature."

"You couldn't have come out last night when we were high as shit? That would have numbed this entire experience, but you decided to wait?"

"Was enjoying pleasure. Every time we stopped, Bear started it again. After the fourth time, finally we slept."

"Sega..."

"Don't look at me like that! You think I thought about this while having sex? You think it was in the back of mind that this was in my mind?"

Sega's low back twinged. He was starting to sober up more and more, but it'd take a while for him to be in critical thinking condition. "You...it... Change places with us. My ass is killing me. I can't have this conversation on the floor. Do it slowly. Aiden doesn't like you."

Esga rose off the bed since Aiden told him not to dematerialize. "I am you. He likes you, he likes me."

"Nu uh. Aiden does not like you. If Aiden could throw you in a pot of boiling oil, he would." At Esga giving a perfect pout, Aiden's brows quivered, "stop that. I don't like that you can mimic human expressions like that."

Esga merely gave a perfect Sega smile as they exchanged places, its body sitting on the ground in the same languid manner as its host. "We talk now? Cannot stay out long, need practice."

"Then get back... inside of me and talk...this is weird, even for me this is just completely out of my mental scope right now." He needed water, or perhaps more alcohol. A water bottle landing on the bed made Sega frown and glance up at Esga. "Hey...hey, hey! Are you in my thoughts? Get out."