"Ah, good. You're sick. It'll be a wonderful experience for him. Try to stay that way for a while." The inhuman voice sounded pleased.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Amara clenched her hands into fists and glared daggers at the white humanoid.
"But you really shouldn't have given your subjugation powers away so easily. It'll be much harder to teach him manors without those." The Truth sounded disapproving.
"I don't think it's possible to teach that jerk manors..."
"You'll certainly have an interesting time of it now. I hope you're prepared to face whatever he does now that you lack control over him."
"Well, I don't completely lack control over him." Amara pointed to her neck.
"What will you do if he restrains you in such a way that you are unable to injure yourself?" Truth inquired.
The coppertop paled. She hadn't thought of that.
The humanoid sighed. "You really shouldn't be so impulsive. Luckily, Envy will likely be more debilitated by the sickness than you, since he is unused to experiencing such symptoms. But once you're better again you'll have your hands full. Especially given he has almost complete control over you in a certain form…"
Amara let out a squeak of outrage. "He does not have complete control over me! He doesn't have any control over me!"
"You just keep telling yourself that," Truth sighed.
Amara blinked at his uncharacteristic tone, and then frowned. "Why are you so out of character?"
The humanoid grinned alarmingly. "Whoever said I was constrained by the perceptions you humans have of my character? I am Truth. I can be however I choose."
"...You're annoying, you know that?"
"Now Amara, it sounds like Envy is rubbing off on you. I hope you realize it's supposed to be the other way around."
"Look, I don't know what delusions you have about my power of creating miracles, but there's no way in hell I'm going to rub off on that envious little worm-like creature." She crossed her arms, staring at it flatly.
The Truth hummed. "You'd be surprised. As long as he's tied to you he is much more influenced by your feelings and beliefs than you realize. Of course, once I sever the connection, he may very well return to his normal self. I rather hope that isn't the case however…"
"If he bugs you so much, why not just blast him out of existence?" Amara inquired.
"Because that defeats the purpose of allowing him to being created in the first place."
Amara raised a quizzical eyebrow. Was that supposed to make sense?
"In any case," Truth continued, "I doubt he'll be much use in taking care of you while you're sick. In fact, you might have to take care of him."
"You're kidding…right?"
"No. Envy's never been very good at toughing things out," it replied dryly.
Amara stared at the creature. "Do you have any idea how unfair this is? I can't afford to be sick right now. I need to be studying for that exam! And that idiot you've dumped on me won't let me!"
"If you hadn't given away your subjugation powers then that wouldn't be an issue. It isn't my problem that you didn't think things through," the Truth sounded unconcerned.
Amara growled. "You're such a pain!"
"Yes," the white humanoid hummed thoughtfully, "The truth hurts… or so I've heard you humans say."
Amara rolled her eyes. And then she blinked in confusion as her vision began to grow fuzzy. "Wait…what…?"
"It's time for you to wake up now. I believe Envy is in need of attention."