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Here's a question for my fellow long-timers, and medium-timers too: has living in this universe changed you? Whether it's through experiences, culture, the people you've met -- do you think you're fundamentally different, on a scale small or large, from the person you would've been if you'd never been grabbed by the Porter? And if the answer's yes, how does that change make you feel?

I just realized today at lunch that I like meat in jello now and I am horrified and ashamed of myself.

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I believe so. The changes I am thinking about are not as trivial as a type of jello, but significant. Actually, given that I have acquired a taste for chocolate, perhaps some of the changes are as trivial.

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Okay, I really don't want to be rude, but I'm curious...

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It has a smooth, creamy texture, just sweet enough balanced out by the taste of the cocoa, sir.

Before I cam here I had been unable to experience certain sensations such as taste, but upon arrival the Porter granted me the ability to assume human form (albeit borrowed). I usually prefer my normal form for a multitude of reasons, but being able to experience life as a human has given me new perspectives and expanded my realm of experience.

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So you're a milk chocolate guy, huh? Like all right-thinking people.

That's legitimately the coolest thing I've heard this month. (No offense or anything, I live an interesting life.)
What's the weirdest thing about life as a human that you've discovered?

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I've been an extensive study of humanity before, sir. I had to be, so much of humanity hasn't surprised me. I suppose what has been odd has been the sensations. Breathing instead of air vents, blood pumping instead of circuitry. The kind of thing that is easy to read about but strange to experience.