You know what helps with stings? Soda totally helps with that, or like if you're really desperate you can use piss--I wouldn't recommend it though, just like don't rub the areas that get stung because it makes it worse.

[ she could've talked to you about how they can reproduce asexually josuke, that would've been a great conversation to have. but instead now there's that fluster, trying to push past this with just something a throwaway comment ]

Yeah, well, it's just one of those things... my dad was really into that stuff when I was a kid, so it kind of just stuck with me. ANYWAY, let's hug it out--fortunately for you being a Cordis moonblessed gets me really hungry and my chroma is always in need of a boost.

[ stepping in closer she looks up at him curiously before suddenly thinking of something ]

Ah, shit... I'm so bad at this, we should've like introduced ourselves before doing something like this, right? That's usually like protocol... [ she's not some kind of hug thug or something, she's trying to be proper about this thing ]

Name's Jolyne, and as soon as you introduce yourself we can do this thing.