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Spider is very hesitant about this.

But he animates the water with quick, sure movements, forming a tiny blade of ice that makes a long shallow cut in the back of Dao's hand and then melts almost immediately.
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Dao doesn't flinch.

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Spider brings up some more water, and lays it over the cut, and... there it goes. Perfectly healed, not even a mark left.

He looks... slightly awed. Far in excess of this fairly trivial accomplishment.

"...Can I do it again?" he breathes.
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"Yeah, of course," says Dao. He is very hopeful about the implications of that look.

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So he does it again. Makes the cut, and stares at it, and heals it, and seems completely enthralled by this progression.

"It's... it's the same," he says. "No - it's better—" and he abruptly lunges at Dao and hugs him tightly. The bowl of water is knocked to the floor and spills everywhere.
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Dao hugs back. "Hey, good, that's good," he says; he can guess what it's better than. "I'm glad."

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After a moment, Spider clarifies anyway. "It's better than killing people because - because I feel okay and I'm not hurting anyone - why couldn't I have thought of this first..."

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"You've thought of it now," says Dao. "So now you can do it. Okay?"

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He nods. There is maybe a quiet sniffle.

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Hey, if more hugs and crying is what this situation needs, Dao is there for it.

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