[Guess who's sporting her wonderful t-shirt that she just got back. Unfortunately, she's still pink skinned and hornless. But now she's a little easier to identify! But she's been running all over the town curiously, so it wouldn't be that hard not to run into Sollux while he's chaining his lusus down.]

I see you have regained your lusus back Sollux.

[He looks over and smiles a little at Aradia before going back to chaining.]

I gueth tho.

You think I might be able to get mine back then? [How long has it been since Aradia has actually had her lusus anyways?]

I found my shirt among all the other clothes this morning, so I guess I got this back for now. [She went through getting kidnapped by Doc Scratch and only got this stupid shirt.]

I bet you probably could, yeah.

[He tugs at the chain a little more and finishes it up. Then he turns around to face Aradia]

I with I had Mind-honey for him but he'll jutht have to deal with normal honey for now.

I would be very pleased with that! It has been so long since I had seen mine after all.

I think he'll be fine with that really. It's better then being dead. Although, I don't know how well the lusus will integrate into human culture and society. These hives aren't built to accommodate the typical troll lifestyle.

Yeah, I hope you can thee her again.

He'll get uthed to it. I jutht hope no one trieth to hurt him or anything.

[ If only a single emote could be conjured up and manifested into physical form, if only were such a thing virtually possible would John sum up his feelings into one such emote:

:O! Instead, he settled for awed gaping. ]

...He's huge!

Hey John.

[He smiles a little bit.]

Thith ith my luthuth. You know what a luthuth ith, right?

[ He gives Sollux a small wave and proceeds to gaze back up at the gigantic alien. ]

Yeah, they're your alien custodians, right? So he's kind of like your dad in a sense.

[ He squints. ]

I bet he eats a ton!

Yeah, I gueth he ith kind of like my dad.

Not a lot. He jutht eatth thome Mind-honey everyday.

Oh good. I was about to say, I don't think we have enough food to last the winter, much less for a big hungry alien.

[ His lips slightly curled up, he continued to stare at Sollux's lusus very attentively, almost too attentive in fact. Even if other worldly beings were indeed a mindboggling sight to behold, John should have been used to it by now thanks to one particular game... ]

So he just popped up out of nowhere? Poof?

Something smells delicious!

Delithiouth? How tho? All I thmell ith my luthuth and it'th anything but delithiouth.

Smells like double the appleberry blast! Is that it? Your lusus is here?

Yeah, he ith. I don't know how he got here becauthe he wath dead when I left the Veil but whatever.

[Terezi... looks a little awkward for once. she gives a slightly strained smile.] Um, well, congratulations.

[sob Sollux at least you HAVE a lusus!!!!]

[.............. wat. just. just staring. what is this he can not even.]

What the hell is that?

[He turns his head and scoffs at Soul.]

He'th my luthuth. A luthuth ith an animal like guardian to trollth. He'th my equivalent of a father.

[His brows furrow and it takes him a moment for him to respond. Quite a lisp you've got there, Sollux.

Way to insult his dad... thing, Soul.]

Lus... lusus?

Dude, how was I supposed to know that? You're like the second troll I've met here, jeeze.

Either way yeah. He'th my luthuth and all that thit.

[He turns around all the way and faces Soul.]

I'm Tholluckth.

[He holds out his hand with a grin.]

Name's Soul. Nice to meet you, Sollux.

[Oh goodness what is that.

Luke looks horrified.]

L-look out! It's going to eat you!

No it'th not. He'th actually pretty thtupid and when he thinkth he'th in danger he jutht yellth at whatever ith bothering him. He wouldn't hurt anyone.

A-are you sure? What is it supposed to be exactly?

He'th my luthuth which ith the troll equivalent to my dad, thorta.