#this is permanent

Even after he gets the hang of his new body, he has to come to terms that he’ll never see color agian. He’ll never smell agian. He’ll never be able to have a nice meal in front of someone without a nagging feeling in his stomach that says it’s bad, he’s vulnerable and should hide. He’ll never be able to wake up slowly from a nap and bask in that half-asleep state for a while. (Because from what I’ve heard Eridian sleeping is like going under anesthesia. You’re awake one moment then suddenly like 8 hours have passed)

Even if he did want it in the start, (which let’s be real, he’s a scientist, an oddball at that, of course he did.) by the end do you think he regrets it? Does he miss the sensitive, squishiness of his human skin?

And he falls down a nasty nasty depression pit. Figures that Eridians would that, too. Maybe it’s just something every conscious species do.

But, almost too slowly, he learns that there’s things to love on Erid, too. Of course there’s the obvious, he can touch Rocky and Adrian now. But more than that, he’s adapted to Erid. He almost forgot how big the world can be outside of his biodome. He can see the cities now. He can see the culture up close. Depending on how Erids education system works, maybe he can even get himself a proper classroom! He doesn’t have to die hundreds of years before Rocky. He revels in the fact he won’t be forced to leave him so early.