Kakanma

“You know, I don’t think I ever asked, how does the whole… sharing a body thing, work?” Natsuki asked. “Heck if I know!” Hikari said cheerfully, “Weirdly, I guess?” She paused, as if listening to someone, although Natsuki couldn’t hear anything. “...Can you rephrase that in a language I understand?” she asked, evidently not to Natsuki. “Well I guess that’s one question down, you’re both still awake…” Natsuki said, giggling a bit. “It’s kinda like… how do I put this… watching someone else play a video game?” Hikari said after a bit. “Like, you’re seeing all the same stuff they are, usually understanding it the same, but you can’t actually control it short of wrenching the controller out of their hands. And also you’re both super chatty since privacy isn’t much of a thing when you’re sharing a brain, except we can just choose to ‘leave the room’ so to speak and like, take a nap on the couch… and this metaphor is kinda breaking down isn’t it?” “A little bit, yeah,” Natsuki said.