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Ryker waited until Eke ha drank the water, before nodding.

"All right." he said.

"Let's go, then." he told him.

"If I recall correctly, we need to head west, so... guess that's the direction we're walking." he shrugged.

"Oh, and the plants are a case of 'you'll know it when you see it'." he then added.

"Yeah, sure thing." Ryker responded.

He then sighed, and shook his head.

"That damn sadist." he then muttered. "I saw how he was enjoying that." he went on.

"Yeah, even my 'other me' doesn't like him." he reiterated.

"So... while you might hate the fact that you and him share an opinion, at least you have common ground on something?" he added with a small shrug.

Jake was silent for a moment, before smirking. It wasn't subtle at all, and she knew what it meant.

"Very." he replied.

"When someone asked a question involving their flexibility, then it garners my attention, and it holds it." he told her.

"To that end... let's test out this confidence of yours." he went on.

"And, in turn, I'll show you how tough I am." he offered.

"Sound like a deal?" he asked her, the smirk having never left his face.

"It's not." Ryker responded.

"And yeah, this is a biting plant." he said.

"You know what a Venus Flytrap is, yeah?" he then asked.

"It's that, but worse. A LOT worse." he told him.

"They react to any and all stimuli around them." he went on.

"And... they can do a LOT of damage if they catch you in their jaws."

"....intriguing. Interesting." Jake responded.

"Such terminology makes me curious." he admitted.

"But I am not stupid." he assured her.

"So I will be careful." he went on.

"There anything else you wish to know?" he asked.

"Anything else you'd like me to share?"

Jake just laughed in response.

"Ok, fair enough." he said.

"Tit for tat and all that." he said further.

He then paused when she said what she did, warning him about webbing.

"Uh.... all right...." he said.

"You mean... any and all webbing?" he asked her.

"Also, why?" he asked further.

Jake raised an eyebrow when Anya showed him the 'real' her.

"Huh." he said.

"Interesting." he said further.

"Exotic." he then said even further with a sly smirk.

"But thank you for trusting me with that information." he told her.

"It means a lot."

"Hm." Jake muttered.

"That may be." he said.

"But what are you?" he asked.

"Which is to say, I am a Ramaarin, but, in other terms, I am a lizard-folk. A reptilian." he then clarified.

"What about you?" he asked her.

"How would you describe yourself?"

Again, Jake sighed.

"Depends on the circumstances." he said.

"Generally speaking, those that catch me, or find out on their own... react as expected." he told her. "I've never had a permanent home because of it." he lamented.

"However, I can think of a number of people that didn't care I was a Ramaarin." he told her.

"...that being said, a large number out of them are people I never want to see again..." he then mumbled, pain in his voice.

"I was accepted as a Ramaarin, but they saw me as little more than an experimental resource."

Ryker just chuckled.

"Your hatred of me is adorable." he said.

"But, since I'm feeling generous, be careful around the plants." he continued.

"One bite from them, and even a dragon will be feeling the effects." he told Eke further.

"Just remember that." he finished, before control was switched back to the actual Ryker.

Jake just sighed.

"I know the feeling... somewhat." he said.

"My race is supposed to be a myth." he went on.

"Hence my name on the chat systems." he continued.

"As such... it can get pretty lonely." he admitted with a small sigh.

"Hence why I go to the systems in the first place."

Ryker just sighed in response.

"I do." he said.

"And... um... for what it's worth, the other me apologizes." he then told Eke, before his eyes changed to red suddenly.

"I do." he confirmed.

"The doctor is... creepy and callous, even for demon standards." he told Eke.

"But... as loathsome as he is to deal with, we DO need him."

After a few seconds of Eke storming out of the shack, Ryker followed.

"Yo! Eke!" he called out, his voice showing that it wasn't the 'other Ryker' in control.

"Hold up!" he said.

"Seriously! I'm me right now, I promise!" he said further.

"Just hold up a sec!"

"Yes, yes, of course." the man responded.

After a short while, Eke was starting to feel weak and woozy, just as the needle came out of his arm.

"All done!" the man said cheerfully.

"Now all you need are those petals?" Ryker asked.

"Indeed." the man responded.

"But is the poor boy in any shape to help you attain them?" he then asked with a smirk.