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tsunsandsteals[For once, Silver isn't in the forest to work his Pokemon to exhaustion. In fact, he left them back at the house, apparently granting them rare permission to rest. Instead, he's sitting beside a tree, head bowed and one knee drawn up to his chest. He's deep in thought, almost as if considering a couple things...things he'd rather not have to be considering.]
Damn it...everyone who says those things are wimps and bleeding hearts, but...
[He doesn't want to admit he's beginning to wonder if that's why his team is weaker than they should be. Why Golbat seems terrified of him and Sneasel picks on him so much. Why Quilava hasn't evolved despite all the training.
Was the man with the cape and the dragons right? Were his other self, Tracey, Lyra and all those other people right?
No, they couldn't be. Compassion is for the weak; that piece of advice was the only thing the old man had ever given him.
But the old man was weak. He'd run away with his tail between his legs just because some kid kicked his ass.
Silver buries his face in his hands with a frustrated groan. Stupid people making him think about this stuff!]
Damn it...everyone who says those things are wimps and bleeding hearts, but...
[He doesn't want to admit he's beginning to wonder if that's why his team is weaker than they should be. Why Golbat seems terrified of him and Sneasel picks on him so much. Why Quilava hasn't evolved despite all the training.
Was the man with the cape and the dragons right? Were his other self, Tracey, Lyra and all those other people right?
No, they couldn't be. Compassion is for the weak; that piece of advice was the only thing the old man had ever given him.
But the old man was weak. He'd run away with his tail between his legs just because some kid kicked his ass.
Silver buries his face in his hands with a frustrated groan. Stupid people making him think about this stuff!]
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Date: 2012-03-13 07:43 pm (UTC)Fine. Just thinking.
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Date: 2012-03-13 07:46 pm (UTC)[Whatever he's thinking about is none of his business, so Saleh begins to move on...]
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Date: 2012-03-13 07:52 pm (UTC)[Maybe this stranger can help. Someone who doesn't know him or his reputation might actually give decent advice.
Of course, it pains Silver to know he wants advice.]
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Date: 2012-03-13 07:53 pm (UTC)...Yes?
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:05 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2012-03-13 08:13 pm (UTC)I...cannot say that I have...
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:14 pm (UTC)Can a person be kind and not turn weak?
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:25 pm (UTC)Most certainly. Kindness builds your inner strength, which is then shared between you and others.
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:32 pm (UTC)[So it's true, then]
I grew up believing the opposite. That strength was never showing softness...
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:37 pm (UTC)[Another silent moment of pondering.]
What led you to believe that?
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:55 pm (UTC)I see...so you were simply made to believe it. Is that what you truly believed? The way you reconsider it now suggests otherwise.
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Date: 2012-03-14 07:57 pm (UTC)[That doesn't quite answer his question...]
What have you experienced? For a moment, set aside everything that everyone has told you. Have you seen people being kind? How does it affect them?
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Date: 2012-03-14 08:08 pm (UTC)[sighs]
This boy I met the first time I came here, I pissed him off but then he was all smiles and asked if I'd like to live with him. And before that this girl helped me find my clothes in a shop. And then someone else helped me find my Pokemon
But...well, the guy I live with, he was nice to someone and they were together for a week, then...something happened and now the guy is all upset about it.
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Date: 2012-03-14 08:19 pm (UTC)[He ponders about it, curious as to what happened, but again, it's not his place.]
So you believe this person is weak because he was nice?
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Date: 2012-03-14 08:23 pm (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2012-03-14 08:36 pm (UTC)Regardless, one should not let tragedy prevent them from living. Terrible things happen, but one cannot grow stronger if one cannot move forward.
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