Broodmates, [ the word is a scoff. ] They're nice to have around, but we don't need them.

[ The symbiote tells him otherwise, and the yawning abyss between himself and the majority of his brood ( minus Joshua, who for some reason or another, remained behind with him -- ) makes his chest ache in a way he doesn't enjoy. Some part of him yearns for them, but that part of him is just going to have to accept that this is the way things are. He's also "younger" than Shiro, given more to individualism than cooperativeness. ]

Stop listening with your brain, then. You've got ears, we're still here around you.

[ It's not the same, but it might... be a little soothing. ]

Man, you need a lot more than a minute.