"I heard that sometimes you just find stuff sitting there. On a tree stump or fence or ground. Like someone forgot it, but nobody knows about it. Eventually you'll learn to just roll with it." He shrugged, not much else to do. It took time to get used to this world and Nec had found that trying to find a logical explanation for everything was a fast way to insanity.
Dominic fidgeted a little, uncomfortable with the question but he knew he probably should be honest. "Not a human, but... I, um...might have taken a chunk out of another. But that happened a long time ago, only a little while after I became what I am and didn't know how to control anything." He looked away, hoping that the changeling wouldn't judge him too harshly for what he had done in the past.
No, dominic didn't have to worry about judging from Nec's side! Way in the past he'd had no choice, being hard of the Order. Though he was less afraid of being judged (or was it an attempt to give Dominic a chance to back out of their little family agreement?).
"Not recommended, venison is much better. He'll, anything is better... ". A small shiver at the memory made its way down his back.
"Y-You've had to eat a human before?" Dominic asked, sounding a bit stunned but not fearful; he could never fear someone he saw as family, no matter if they'd eaten a human or not.
He reached out to place a hand on Necthan's own, giving it a gentle squeeze as though to reassure him. The last thing he wanted was for the changeling to think he hated him because of what he'd done.
"Was forced to. A stupid initiation, but I didn't know any better at the time, and all I wanted back then was being part of the Order. Thank the gods there weren't any least amount or I'd have thrown up." He made a face before smiling. "Not anything I'd ever do again."
"I wouldn't have gone through with it, knowing what I know now," Dominic admitted. "But we've all done a thing or two that we're not proud of. Better to let it be and look to the future than keep dwelling on it and let it ruin your life." He shrugged slightly and looked away.
"Smart zombie." Stretching out on the sand he yawned a bit. "I wouldn't either, and turned out that little 'club' of theirs was far out of my comfort zone."
Dominic felt his thoughts stutter to a complete halt at that phrase, and he couldn't help the smile that spread across his face. "I wish you hadn't had to go through that," he answered sincerely. "But you've been able to move on from that. I wouldn't have pegged you for the type to have tried human meat."
"I've put behind me worse, but thanks. And almost all, if not every changeling, has tried it I think. Anyway. Enough about half-cannibalism!" He flicked a bit of sand towards Dominic but came short. In the distance a dragon soared above the water, probably fishing. "If you could be or do anything here, what would that be?"
"I would want to be human again," Dominic answered in a low voice, looking out over the waters. "Maybe that way I would be able to talk normally, age normally. I wouldn't be fifteen forever." As a zombie he technically wouldn't be able to die again unless he was killed, and he wasn't sure he wanted to seek out someone to murder him.
"But humans have really short life spans, would you want to limit yours like that?" Okay, maybe fifteen was a bit early to stop aging, but still... Nec was three hundred himself but humans usually pegged him as being in his late twenties.
"Well then, I would like to be able to grow up into an adult. That better?" Dominic asked with a chuckle, glancing up at Necthan. "I would rather be twenty than fifteen, and I would love to be able to get that one letter right rather than butchering it all the time."
"Ah. Yeah okay, I get that." He nodded, thinking. "Guess you'll just learn to live with it. And even if you don't grow, you'll still get older up here." Nec tapped Dominic's forehead with a grin.
Dominic rolled his eyes but grinned at Necthan. "You have a point," he admitted. Even if he didn't like that he wouldn't grow any taller, get a driver's license, or marry, he would still be aging mentally.