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.

tip of his fingers, and it seemed like time had completely

contract. You and

vow? Is there any real

'What?'

suitable host, I'll simply latch on to them and the both of us can enjoy the benefits. There is no need

'Well… I mean…'

me. You and I can become one. It's not a bad

felt a smile tugging on his face, but he suppressed it. After

generally neutral about

therein lay the

host you consider to be more compatible appears, you are going to

put

all, it was the same with human beings in

took a certain period of time for people to move on from one thing to the other. A man's favorite wear could

sometimes tossed aside

casual. There's no need to sweat

sounded seductive. All he needed to do was subconsciously

but only on a shallow

it'll be like friends with benefits… or a situationship?' Rey

don't know what those terms mean, but… yeah. I guess that sounds

a single host, was polyamorous in nature. They didn't mind leaving one partner for another if they considered the latter to be a more

Dyubbuk.' Rey's thoughts echoed within him.

what do you

began to wrap around Rey, turning darker in color as if to blend with the attire the boy

person. Would the Slime need permission from any host regardless, or could it bind itself

its contract at any time, did that

make the Slime

interests of a Host to maintain the relationship, while the Slime can just jump to another Host once

power imbalance reminded him of marriage—at least, the ones he happened to hear talked about back on

when it came to this as

are you waiting for?

head and gave the Slime a cold stare. "Sorry… but

about now? Come on, don't

and more flustered. It

That told him something.

you too. But, I don't like having competition.