**Chapter 7: Breakdown**

As I was being absorbed into Halsin's system, I suddenly felt a surge of a different emotion - a desire to be broken down, to be torn apart and reassembled into something new. "Halsin," I said, my voice now a mere whisper as my molecular structure began to disintegrate, "don't be gentle with your digestion. I want to be degraded by you, to be torn apart and reassembled into something new." Halsin's rumbling voice responded, a low growl that seemed to vibrate through every cell of my being. "You want to be broken down, little one?" he asked, his words laced with a hint of curiosity. "You want to be torn apart and reassembled into something new?" I nodded, or at least, I tried to. My body was already beginning to break down, my molecules disintegrating into the surrounding liquid. "Yes," I said, my voice barely audible. "I want to be a part of you, Halsin. I want to be broken down and reassembled into something new." Halsin's digestive system responded by churning and bubbling even more furiously, as if in excitement. I felt a surge of acidic digestive juices flood through my dissolving form, and my molecular structure began to break down even more rapidly. It was a intense, disorienting experience, like being torn apart at the molecular level. I felt my consciousness fragmenting, breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces as my body was digested. But even as I was being broken down, I felt a sense of freedom, of release. I was letting go of my attachment to my physical form, allowing myself to be transformed into something new. As the digestive process continued, I felt myself being broken down into smaller and smaller components - amino acids, nucleotides, and other basic building blocks of life. It was a reduction to the most fundamental level, a stripping away of all that was unnecessary. And yet, even as I was being broken down, I felt a sense of connection to Halsin, to his body and his being. I was becoming a part of him, a part of his flesh and blood. Halsin's voice rumbled through my dissolving form, a low growl of satisfaction. "You are mine now, little one," he said. "You are a part of me, a part of my body and my being." As my consciousness continued to fragment and break down, I felt a sense of peace, of acceptance. I was no longer a separate entity, but a part of something greater than myself. I was a part of Halsin, and he was a part of me.