"Happy? Joyful? What does happy mean? What does joyful mean? What is Waaagh!?"
The topic-changing trick worked, piquing the Hynth's curiosity.
"Then let me tell ya our story. I used to work on a project. Kept me pretty busy, and it was miserable..."
"The same kind of suffering as mine?"
"Uh, not the same, but it was still pretty miserable. Then I met a really decent boss-no, an incredibly decent boss..." Cheng Mingrui began telling the story of everything he had experienced since crossing over into this world. He had to admit, life after crossing over had been truly happy. He had friends, friends to Waaagh! with. There had been hardships, but also moments that set his blood boiling.
As he went on, Cheng Mingrui became so engrossed in the joy of telling his story that the Hynth became engrossed too.
For the first time, they experienced what it meant for something to be interesting, and what happiness was.
Just as Cheng Mingrui was about to describe the battle with the C'tan Shard, the Hynth interrupted him. "If all you do is talk, I still can't experience it. Even if Waaagh! is happy and joyful, I can't understand it unless I experience it."
Psychic Communication allowed both sides to share their vision, as well as certain sensations. Now Cheng Mingrui could let both sides share the burden of what they felt. He still had a bit of a trauma response, though. The feeling of being overwhelmed by despair and pain when he touched the Growth Vat remained vivid in his memory.
"So, you... are you telling the truth?" Cheng Mingrui could hear the trembling in the Hynth's voice. They were afraid of being deceived and dared not believe that what he said was true.
"I'm not lying to you. Let's