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[tsunsandsteals]

[Voice]

Might as well get this over with. Hey, Hydra Social partner...Yun, right?

[This is stupid and he still doesn't know how he got roped into this. He doesn't "need" friends or to get to know other people...Saleh and anyone else he's talked to were just flukes, okay? And Jeb's just a housemate. Silver is a loner, and he will remain a loner as long as he wants.

Well, except for his Pokemon. He's grown fond of them.]

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[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

[A voice she doesn't know asking for her?

That's a little strange, but not enough reason not to answer. And calling her a Hydra Social partner... Oh! Now that gives the message some sense. She'd forgotten about that! She was going to write a letter to this person, wasn't she?]

Hello! You're Silver, right?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Yeah, that's me. [flicks a drifting feather away from his face. Stupid molting wings.]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

It's good to finally speak with you, then. I'm sorry I never got a letter to you before. It's something I've been meaning to do.

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Eh, no big deal. Not like I blame you, these things sound pretty dumb anyway. [shrug]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Dumb? You really think so? I thought they sounded like they might be fun.

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

If your idea of fun's being dragged to some weird social event.

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Sometimes it is! But it isn't really an event if there's only two people, is it?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

It's an event if everyone's been signed up for it.

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Everyone? I thought only people who wanted to do this were on the list.

[It has not occurred to her you can sign people up for them... Who would even do that?]

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Eh. [maybe he did, but if he wanted to it was only so he could get to battle people]

So, um.

What's new?

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

[Thank goodness Yun isn't shy about talking to, well, anyone, otherwise this might be a little out of the blue.]

Not too much. I moved to a new place recently and then my door kept opening to strange places during the last shift, but my life's been quiet otherwise.

What about you, Silver? Were you alright during the last shift?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Yeah, pretty much. [Not really, he's still miffed about the talking trees, but he's not about to tell her that. Admitting to butthurt makes one look weak, after all.]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

[Aw, they were only trees.]

Did anything interesting happen to you?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Nothing, really. [he kind of means it, too. Still doesn't like that Jeb was being harassed, but to him Mithos really is nothing.]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Well, uneventful is usually good.

[Like no news is good news and such.]

Hmm... what else can we talk about... oh! Maybe you could tell me more about yourself? Or about your world?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

It's big. Lots of towns and cities. And we train Pokemon for a living. [Well, maybe not for a living. But all the other stuff's not as important.]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Pokemon? I've heard that name said a lot around Luceti, but I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean. Are they like animals?

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[tsunsandsteals]

Some of them are. But we've got ones that look like magnets, too, and giant balls of gunk. [He used to have a Magnemite at one point. Not a bad little thing, even if it was useless against ground-type moves.]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Magnets and gunk... [She can't imagine how one that's a magnet would work. Aren't they things that get stuck to the fridge?] Are they all trained? We have strange creatures where I'm from, too, but they're mostly too dangerous to have around people.

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Nope, in fact most of them just run wild in the woods or underground or swim all over the seas. Training Pokemon's a tough job, and it takes a tough guy. Like me. [smugface]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

It sounds like there's a lot of them. [So he trains them. That makes sense, if he's talking about them so much!] What's that like? Is there anything special you need to do to train Pokemon?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

You've just gotta be strong and tough. Let 'em know who's boss... [he hesitates before adding the next part] But also be nice to them. Otherwise they'll never listen and make you look stupid and weak in front of other trainers.

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

I see. That isn't too different from any other animal trainer, I think. You can't let them do whatever they want, but you can't be cruel, either.

Are there any Pokemon in Luceti?

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

Only the ones owned by me and other trainers. Not like back home where they run wild all over the place. [the reminder still makes him uncomfortable]

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

[This naturally leads up to her next question...]

Could I meet your Pokemon sometime, Silver? I'd love to meet them.

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

...sure. Why not? Let me know when would be good for you, or something.

[voice]

[tolivefortoday]

Hmm. Sometime after the school lets out for the day is probably best... Oh! Do you go to school here, too, by any chance?

[She can't assume all the other kids do, so she may as well ask.]

[voice]

[tsunsandsteals]

No. I've got better things to do with my time.