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Skin is an organ.

[so shut the fuck up YOU HAD TO HAVE, PROBABLY!!!]

Mana told you to eat your intestines!

I haven't eaten anybody's skin either??

[... wait]

WAIT you've got it all wrong!
Mana did tell me to do something messed up with my intestines, but I was supposed to feed them to another monster!

[Sounds fake, but okay... She remembers that he's an undead monster -- maybe lich? And so he would eat through decay magic...? Whatever. She does not care enough to figure out if she has to die on this hill or not.]

Oh. Well, that part isn't really important.
How long did it take for them to come back?

[... Oh, right. That was the initial question, wasn't it?

Uh,

...]

I don't really remember anymore

Sir, you are a disappointment.

Then...what state are your organs in, in general?

Hey!

They're... ok??
I mean I'm a zombie, so I guess they're just doing the bare minimum
What kind of question is THAT??

I was thinking about if it's possible to transplant monster organs into a human safely, if it were done during fog days when everyone is recovering faster... I don't think the only other monster I know that had an organ removed will remember things from then. I hoped you would.

Being undead would have to be taken into account for the survivability of both donor and recipient, plus size and function... Pig and cow hearts are common in transplants, but minotaurs probably still need their hearts. And then if a monster dies, would a transplanted organ stay in the new body, or disappear and regenerate? There's so many factors.

...But I guess I should focus on support for human to human organ transplants first.

[... Huuuuh. He's not sure what he was expecting, but it sure wasn't any of this.]

Yeah, I don't know if undead organs would be any good for regular people...
Or any monster's organs really. They're bound to be way too different to work.

It would be pretty cool if it did work though, right?
And you really could sell your own organs on the black market.

I don't know, that doesn't sound safe
You'd have to be really desperate for a quick buck!

But you were fine, weren't you?

I guess I was fine in the end...
But it wasn't exactly fun, you know?

I don't think anything to do with organs is very fun, usually.

If that's what you think, why'd you even ask in the first place?

Just because something isn't fun doesn't mean it isn't worth doing. You thought Mana's quest was worth it even though it wasn't fun.

[...]

That's different.
I did it for an important reason.

I don't care about the specifics, but it's the same basic principle, isn't it? "Fun" isn't necessary.

It's not the same idea at all!
Gutting yourself for profit is just plain stupid!

[What if you really need the money...]

If it worked, you could supply any number of dying people with life-saving organs.

[... Wait. Man. Hold on. Wait.]

That IS the kind of thing that'd be worth the hassle...

[Probably not for him, but, uh, power to anybody who'd like to go for it??]

[Oh, good. She would have started to doubt it if he didn't give in at that.]

It's too bad that there are so many things that could get in the way of it working out...

[Mostly because she thinks it would be Neat, not because of all the good it could do.]

Like me being dead?

[He's sure there would be issues with living monsters too, but when it comes to him, personally, that's the one that stands out.]

Oh. Just so you know, I wasn't thinking I'd only take your organs. I just figured you had the best chance of being able to give me the answer I needed.

[JUST IN CASE HE WAS WORRIED.]

That said... Monster type is definitely a factor. You also need donors, recipients, and surgeons that are okay with the experiment, and money. It's a problem of getting permission way before worrying about the physical and mental effects a transplant might have on both monster and human.

Oh
No, I figured

[HE WOULD HOPE?? SHE WASN'T THINKING OF JUST TAKING HIS ORGANS??????]

Anyway, I guess the point is...
There's no real good way to even start looking into this, huh?

Yeah. Not right now. Maybe if we get success with regular human to human organ transplants, which I'm looking into as an option.

Well... Even if you couldn't remember the specifics, talking through this with you was still helpful, so... Thanks, Mr. Doppio.
I really appreciate it.

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