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Nan arrived at her own spot in space, carrying an angry god along with her. She was tasked to take care of him by Photon. He didn't like that.
The god attacked her the entire way whenever he could. His devilish tail, waving wildly, hit her all over, each hit stinging before the pain would begin to slowly fade away. He kicked and punched, struggling to escape her hold. Ah. Nan thought to herself as the god bit her as hard as he could with all of his sharp teeth. I think he drew blood. She could hardly bear the pain at this point, and she didn't want to go back to Photon covered in scars. Nan pried the vicious god off her arm and held him up. The god spat in her face and started screaming. “You’re weird! I don’t like you! I want my mommy! Take me back!” Nan sighed. Ah… He has been spoiled rotten. He had the typical behavior of a child never separated from his mother.
Nan couldn’t blame Photon for spoiling him. He was her only biological child, it’s only natural that she cared deeply for him. This was still inconvenient though. She took the god and held him up like a baby. He immediately bit down as hard as he could into her shoulder and refused to let go. This hurt immensely, but Nan remained calm despite the pain. She started petting his head and speaking. “I believe we should reintroduce ourselves… start over from the beginning…” No reply came from the other god. He was still focused on biting her. “I’m Nan…” The silence continues. Nan begins to wonder if she had gone deaf for a moment. “What’s your name?” Nan did not remember the god’s name as much as she probably should at this point, especially since he is Photon’s child. She had been told once, around the time he was born, but she didn’t interact with him often enough for it to stick yet.
There’s a long moment of silence.
“emzdh,” the god mutters.
“Pardon?”
The god stopped biting Nan and yelled. “MZD!”
Nan smiled. She was getting somewhere, even if it’s not by much. MZD didn’t go back to biting Nan’s shoulder (much to her relief). “It is nice to meet you, MZD…” Nan continued to pet him. MZD huffed and looked away. He’s calmed down now, but he still didn’t like her. Nan still had a ways to go before he would warm up to her completely.