[A short pause as he adjusts to the flippancy of the question. The CDC is much... more accepting of this sort of thing than any organization back home.]
[ Three of the instructors are strict carnivores, one is an obligate
herbivore, and the rest either eat pretty much anything or don't need to
eat at all. Your people-eating habits will not be the weirdest thing you're
bringing into the team. ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I know. It's very ew.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Too bony?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
For the record, you can eat whoever you want as
long as they don't have an ID code.
[Oh, no, definitely not the weirdest (especially if you get a good sight of what a ghoul looks like when fighting with its kagune), but usually the most problematic. Back home he would've been exterminated and used piecemeal for "parts" before anything else. The clemency brokered to him now by the CDC is a little startling in comparison.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
No. I would simply... prefer it not be children.
Personally, but also functionally as well. I believe it's an average of 60kg a month which is an average diet. Children are... smaller.
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Does that include bodies that show up which do technically have ID codes?
[You might need those for clues or something but... uh... afterward...]
[Yeah... No one gets it back home either, human or ghoul. The woes of being a half-ghoul, caught in the middle, having to eat people but feeling bad about it.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Besides... that, though. How would this work? Regarding food every month, that is.
I would prefer no one know and to keep it that way. I would hate for it to somehow disrupt what we are called on to do.
[Yeah, but how bad is it breaking the rules, Dagger... He's only been here for less than a day... He'd hate to get on any of the higher-ups' bad sides so early...]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
The meat itself, fairly quickly. It's what I get from it that's the important part. They're called "Rc cells," and each human body has a certain amount of them.
Ghouls can use these as a very efficient energy source. They also allow us to use what abilities we have.
Science was always my weakest subject, so I'm afraid I can't explain further, but that's how it works as far as I'm aware.
[Hell, if they could get a Rc injection to keep Kaneki from eating, that might work. Not quite as tasty, but not quite as much moral dilemma either. But... give him too much, and he's back to building his kakuja and closer to unraveling out of control. No, probably best just to eat the way god intended ghouls to.]
[Not really what he wants to hear, but he can (hopefully) manage.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
I believe so, yes.
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
I might need to tell you, though, should it get bad enough that I feel I might become a danger to anyone else on this ship.
But I do think I've got some time before anything like that.
[His self-control was not perfect; certainly not as good as other ghouls', but that mostly had to do with the fact that he was only half-ghoul in the first place. It was an unstable mix.]
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DAY 71, est HOUR 18:00
Excuse me, Dagger-san? My name is Kaneki Ken, and I recently have been assigned to your team.
I'm not sure if you're who I contact about this, but if not you, I'd appreciate it if you'd direct me to who might be able to help.
I'm encountering a problem. About, ah... dietary restrictions.
Re: DAY 71, est HOUR 18:00
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
What, you're already hungry? You just got here!
[ Yes, he's aware of your needs. ]
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He actually has no idea how much Dagger actually knows so bear with him for a moment.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Ah, yes, and I do apologize for the trouble so early on, but I feel as though it's been a... while since I ate last.
Have you been informed about the specifics, or should I explain?
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
You eat people. It sounds gross, but then I don't eat, period.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Are you baby-hungry, child-hungry, or adult-hungry?
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No... you're right. It's not exactly glamorous.
[A short pause as he adjusts to the flippancy of the question. The CDC is much... more accepting of this sort of thing than any organization back home.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Adult, should I have any choice.
Anyone younger would be a problem.
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[ Three of the instructors are strict carnivores, one is an obligate herbivore, and the rest either eat pretty much anything or don't need to eat at all. Your people-eating habits will not be the weirdest thing you're bringing into the team. ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
I know. It's very ew.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Too bony?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
For the record, you can eat whoever you want as long as they don't have an ID code.
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
No. I would simply... prefer it not be children.
Personally, but also functionally as well. I believe it's an average of 60kg a month which is an average diet. Children are... smaller.
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Does that include bodies that show up which do technically have ID codes?
[You might need those for clues or something but... uh... afterward...]
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[ Cannibal morals. Well, this is certainly new. Ish. ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
No eating my girl, she's on Red. Eat the guy if you can get away with it.
[ It'll be breaking the rules, but what one doesn't know. . . ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
How fast do you burn the meat?
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Besides... that, though. How would this work? Regarding food every month, that is.
I would prefer no one know and to keep it that way. I would hate for it to somehow disrupt what we are called on to do.
[Yeah, but how bad is it breaking the rules, Dagger... He's only been here for less than a day... He'd hate to get on any of the higher-ups' bad sides so early...]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
The meat itself, fairly quickly. It's what I get from it that's the important part. They're called "Rc cells," and each human body has a certain amount of them.
Ghouls can use these as a very efficient energy source. They also allow us to use what abilities we have.
Science was always my weakest subject, so I'm afraid I can't explain further, but that's how it works as far as I'm aware.
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
So it's not the meat, it's the other stuff in the meat. I can understand that.
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Do you have to eat the bones?
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That's how it works, to the best of my knowledge.
[Hell, if they could get a Rc injection to keep Kaneki from eating, that might work. Not quite as tasty, but not quite as much moral dilemma either. But... give him too much, and he's back to building his kakuja and closer to unraveling out of control. No, probably best just to eat the way god intended ghouls to.]
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Oh, no.
I can't really eat the bones, actually.
[Bone marrow, sure, but the rest...]
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Well, deboning anything takes some time, but you've got time to wait a little, right?
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
I believe so, yes.
FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
I might need to tell you, though, should it get bad enough that I feel I might become a danger to anyone else on this ship.
But I do think I've got some time before anything like that.
[His self-control was not perfect; certainly not as good as other ghouls', but that mostly had to do with the fact that he was only half-ghoul in the first place. It was an unstable mix.]
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Nice, you're like a car alarm. A polite car alarm, what the heck.
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Thank you for your help, Dagger-san.
Admittedly I'm unused to something like this being treated in such a way.
[Read: no one back home is so chill about aiding requisite cannibals.]
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[ Luckily for you, Dagger likes cannibals. Very useful. ]
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
You're nice and you do your job. Two traits that are surprisingly difficult to find on this team. Here, I'm calling you Kenny too.
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
That's not very reassuring to hear about this team.
And... if you feel strongly about that, sure.
[He's just not very used to people calling him by his first name, really, but, hey, whatever the bossman says..]
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
If you don't like Kenny what about Kanye? Canyon? Cayenne?
FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Kesha?
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
You really seem to enjoy nicknames...
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Christina.
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FROM: kaneki.ken@cdc.org
Sure?
[Too intimidated of bossman to say no currently.]
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FROM: dagger@cdc.org
Ah, darling Christina. Good.