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JADE: so, dare i ask, what is this?
ARADIA: oh i can answer that 
ARADIA: its a hivestem
ARADIA: sollux used to live in one! 0u0
ARADIA: drones would plant these in the ground and somehow...
ARADIA: theyd grow into these huge communal hives
ARADIA: well
KARKAT: (HRUGUHUH)
ARADIA: not really communal
ARADIA: they had a lot of trolls in them 
ARADIA: but i certainly wouldnt call them community-oriented
ARADIA: most of the ones ive seen around are dead
KARKAT: (GHUUUUUUUUUUUUUHGH)
JADE: i see... :o
JADE: what kind of material is it?
ARADIA: excellent question!
ARADIA: im not sure 
ARADIA: perhaps you should take it 0u0
ARADIA: karkat give the stem to jade when you pull it out 
KARKAT: (HGUUUUGH) 
ARADIA: is that a yes
DAVE: hes busy
DAVE: do you need some help dude
KARKAT: (HGUUUUGUHGHGUH. NO!!!)
JADE: im not sure how much i could do with this. 
JADE: im not much of a biologist!
JADE: its not my field really.
DAVE: what 
JADE: biology. 
JADE: the study of living beings?
KARKAT: (HOUGH.)
DAVE: no i know what it is but like
DAVE: its just science isnt it 
JADE: no, dave, it's not just science!!
JADE: like, you wouldn't ask dirk about space would you?
DAVE: guess not 
JADE: exactly! 
JADE: because he's a roboticist. 
KARKAT: (FFFFFFFUCKING DAMMIT.)
JADE: but you would know about paleontology, yes? 
DAVE: i mean not really 
DAVE: i guess its cool and all but its not like i ever learned anything useful
DAVE: i just kinda thought dead shit was cool 
DAVE: like a pinned beetle 
JADE: or like a stuffed grandpa!
DAVE: extremely not the same
ARADIA: dead shit is pretty cool 
ARADIA: have you heard of 
ARADIA: bones
DAVE: oh fuck 
KARKAT: (DJFGHFDLJGHFDLJGHFDLGJHFDGJLHREMENWBFVDRELFER!!!)
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