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[denynamax]

" This is Piers... don't bother me when I'm recording unless it's important. Bye. "

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[commandress]

Did I seem disappointed when I first met you?

[denynamax]

I don't know if you can be disappointed if there was nothin' to expect...

[commandress]

...

I think you're underestimating your Pokemon.

[denynamax]

My Pokemon...?

[commandress]

Were any of them given to you?

[denynamax]

Well, I was given Toxel's egg...

[commandress]

But you caught your others.

There's something I've observed, from watching people gradually partner with Pokemon.

[denynamax]

Right. And what is that, 'xactly?

[commandress]

Pokemon don't partner with or battle for someone they don't respect. And they certainly don't do it enthusiastically for no reason.

[denynamax]

That's--

[He flounders for a moment, wrestling with whether he should feel grateful or ashamed. The conflict ends somewhere in the ballpark of frustrated.]

That's all the more reason I should be doing better for them...

[commandress]

I agree.

[ CYLLENE. ]

I would start by not automatically assuming you're not worth consideration. I'll make my own judgment for myself.

[denynamax]

[stab him in the heart why don't you]

...I suppose I can't stop your conclusions.

[commandress]

[ Cyllene doesn't do sympathy. ]

I don't believe your Pokemon chose to follow you blindly. Your Obstagoon was clearly happy to fight alongside you.

If you can believe in nothing else, yourself included, consider believing in that.

[denynamax]

...

[He looks at the dusk ball in his hand, contemplative.]

I don't think it'd change how much I could actually accomplish. But at the very least, I know how far I'd go for them.

[commandress]

Focus on that, then. See if you end up surprised or not.