An Extra’s POV

"Huu…"

With a stable heartbeat, yet steady excitement, Rey held the Dyubbuk forward and stared at the Symbiote Slime.

"Let's make a binding vow, friend." He managed to leak out a trustworthy smile as he watched the sludge do its best to escape, to no avail.

The slime ignored him, as it continued trying to run, so Rey chose to repeat himself.

Nothing changed.

'Damn. How exactly am I supposed to communicate with this thing?' Rey thought to himself.

Then, a certain thought came to him.

Within the vast surrounding that they found themselves in—with the aged walls and dreary atmosphere—he chuckled, stretching his hand out to the slime.

~WHUSH!~

In an instant, the Zone of the Slime instantly shifted, and it became much closer to Rey. Once this happened, Rey reached out his hand and neared the ooze.

'Ater isn't saying anything, but since he isn't disapproving then this can't be a bad idea…' Something Rey noticed about his Familiar was that he preferred letting the former figure out certain things himself.

He only intervened when Rey was grossly wrong, or if he wanted to reveal something unknown—something Rey couldn't have found out himself.

'Right now, he's letting me figure out how to communicate with the Slime. Well, here goes…'

The moment Rey touched the tip of the jelly-like creature, some sort of spark rushed through his body, sending every aspect of himself into some kind of overdrive.

It was like being pricked by a needle in a finger, yet feeling the sensation throughout the body. This didn't feel like pain, though.

It was something different…

'It feels like power.'

~Hello. What do you want from me?~

The sudden voice that echoed in Rey's head would have caused anyone to jump in surprise—perhaps even scream—but the lad maintained his cool.

seemed like time had completely stopped for the two of them. Their physical

contract. You and

Is there any real need for

'What?'

a suitable host, I'll simply latch on to them and the

'Well… I mean…'

me. You and I

tugging on his face, but he suppressed it. After all, Ater had predicted the occurrence of this very

inherently evil or good. They were generally neutral about

lay

If a host you consider to be more compatible appears,

don't put it like

was the same with human beings in almost every

for people to move on from one thing to the other. A man's favorite wear could change if he found something better. Weapons were forsaken for a much more powerful

were sometimes tossed

how it is. Let's just keep our relationship… casual. There's no need to sweat the small details. You won't regret this, don't

sounded seductive. All he needed to do was subconsciously accept the Symbiote Slime's offer, and he

would bond, but only on

a situationship?' Rey narrowed his gaze as he considered the Slime's

terms mean, but… yeah. I guess that

seemed its kind, while sticking to a single host, was polyamorous in nature. They didn't mind leaving one partner for another if they considered the latter to

see why Ater went to fetch the Dyubbuk.' Rey's thoughts echoed within him. 'There's no way I could trust this one

do

wrap around Rey, turning darker in color as if to blend with

wonder what would happen if he was a much weaker person. Would the Slime need permission from any host regardless, or could

was able to break its contract at any time, did that

a Host did that despite the Slime's intentions to remain, wouldn't that make the Slime upset? If that happens, then…' Rey remembered the warning of the

Host to maintain the relationship, while the Slime can just

the ones he happened to hear

different when

you waiting for? Let us

and gave the Slime

now? Come on, don't be

feel the Slime getting more and more flustered. It

That told him something.

want me. I want you too. But, I