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un: dr. alec holland

I'm a botanist and chemist. Has anyone begun a catalog of local plant life? If not, I'll try and start one. If you've had weird plant experiences plse descrb. and lpet me know.

[Big fingers mashing buttons accidentally.]

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But he has you to balance him. Sometimes, it's a good thing to be a monster.

I could control him for a short time, but I can't anymore. It's a very good thing he's not here right now.

Not really. Not when you kill people.

[They're going to have to agree to disagree on this, but - Alec Holland has been dead for years at this point and Swamp Thing, reading his words, just gravely nods.]

I understand. Perhaps not in the same way, but I understand. If you ever do want to talk about it my offer stands.

I appreciate it, I do, but luckily for all of us he's gone and his problems with it.

...As you wish.

[He'll be here when you want to talk.]

Sorry, it's just not really something I like to talk about much.

I'm sorry I asked and put you on the spot like that. I tend to treat all others like they have a situation similar to mine.

No, it's not your fault. The Hulk just comes with a whole bag of paranoia and problems.

So does being the Swamp Thing. At least you can change back.

Can I ask what happened?

How I ended up looking like this?

[How to condense it.]

I was working on a crop formula for the Department of Agriculture. It was designed to help plants thrive in harsh environments, restoring the soil beneath them even when arid biomes prevented them from getting enough nutrients. Several men, who I learned later were working for Anton Arcane wphtogwhg-

[Sorry about that. He mashed the buttons. Anton makes him angry.]

They blew up my lab, killed my wife, and burned me alive. My body was reclaimed by the rot, death in my world. It turned out however that I was destined to become an elemental guardian for the earth. The green copied my memories to create a plant version of myself. He...lived a life. He was a plant trying to be a man and he was good at it. Very good.

[Too good. Far too good. Still. It's his life in a way.]

Events...occurred and I was brought back to life as a human being. Except then circumstances beyond my control led me to be transformed - permanently into what I am now. I was born a man, but some part of me was always tied into the green, and this is just as much a part of me as the human life I led. Except for the fact that I'm very aware that I'm not human anymore and that comes with certain instincts and urges.

[Where to even start.] Thank you for sharing your story with me. Tony was right, we have a lot in common.

I'm so sorry about your wife and [well] death. I am glad the [???] green found a way to bring you back at least.

What kind of instincts and urges?

I'm a plant. Plants are...not friendly. The plant kingdom can be just as deadly as the animal kingdom. The only difference is size.

[Why would you be glad...never mind.]

I sacrificed my human form to the green. When I die I will go to the parliament of trees and govern future avatars working to ensure the green's survival. I'm better then most but the green's needs come first.

[Do they though? He frowns, staring at the screen.]

That may have been true on your earth, but it doesn't necessarily stay true here, does it?

That remains to be seen. I'm disconnected from the green. Human beings are all I have at this point.

Well I hope we're tolerable humans if that's who you're stuck with.

It's been tolerable so far. Considerably so.

Everyone here seems to agree that being stuck on the same boat means at least attempting to be polite.

More then many people can ask.

It's strange, not having the Hulk in my head anymore. I'm not sure if it's like lacking the green.

He was becoming an individual person from me, it's almost like he died.

...I can still relate. Before I became the Swamp Thing the green copied my memories and personality into an...automaton.

[he was more then that. He was a man. A good man who was a better man then he was, a plant. A better plant. A better person.]

He was better at being human then I am.

Being human might be overrated. We're not exactly a perfect species. And you seem like a good person.

The Hulk never really got a chance to be better. He tried because I tried. I talk about us like we're separate people, because we're not exactly the same person either. It's more split personalities.

Maybe he was living his life better those two years than I do.

...The Swamp Thing did too. Live his life better. He married first. He had a child.

How does that make you feel?

Fury is too kind a word.

[There's a really long pause before he responds again.]

But he never asked for what he had, or what he became. When he found out that he wasn't me, it nearly destroyed him. Out of that, he built his own identity and became so worthy of it that the universe made him a white lantern, the ultimate force for good. ...How could I hate him after that? Being around him reminds me of how hard it is to be a human being.

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