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[The feed shows a figure buried under a blanket. Arte is sitting beside it, listening to the gentle snoring]

Paolo, you know he's going to be mad if he sees you taping him. Maybe you shouldn't try pranking him.

What? No way! I've been me again for over a month and I haven't pranked him for too long! Besides taping him waking up in his boxers is the least worst thing that I can do.

Still, I don't think that-

[The alarm clock nearby then went off and the snoring ceased. A hand reached out to turn it off... a green hand with three digits]

What the... [The purple blanket was tossed off, revealing a tall, green-skinned figure with a turtle shell] Donnie?

Huh? [Rubs eyes, still half-asleep] Oh. morning Arte. Morning Paolo... is that D-Termianl on?

Umm... Donnie, ugh... you feelin' okay buddy?

Yeah. why? [He reached beside his clock and picked up a purple mask... and then promptly paused when he looked at his hand] Huh? What the...? [He then gasped as he looked at his hands] A mirror, get me a mirror!

[Arte promptly grabbed a mirror nearby and handed it to the turtle boy. He looked at himself and promptly lowered the item slowly.]

No way... I-I'm a turtle again?

This is what you look like for real? Wow... you really are a mutant turtle. Umm... I guess I'll just turn this off now...

[And with that, the feed was cut.]

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[He laughs a little.]

You're welcome! Heh'aww, I hope nobody would. H'you're still Donnie after all.

I hope they wouldn't either. But... lets just say that back in my world, people like me aren't exactly... well, accepted into society. But peopel here are different than those humans in New York, so that's a relief to me.

[He rubs a hand behind his head, sheepishly.]

Ah, heh...yeah, humans kinda have a hit or miss record with accepting people who're different from what they're used to.

[Especially New Yorkers. ...What? He's a Jersey boy.]

Yep, New York is especially bad. [For reasons other than the humans...] Still, we met a few nice ones and living in the sewers isn;t all that bad, so it's okay... I guess...

Hah, well that's good...

[There's a cheery smile from him at that.]

And with time, hopefully the nice ones you've met will be able to educate other humans they know about what you guys are really like.

[Most humans are just...afraid of what they don't understand, after all.

And then they won't have to live in the sewers hopefully. ...Unless they want to live in the sewers, then of course they can continue to live there.]