victory_road | 5. Video

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[Apparently one of her pokemon is filming this because the camera is a bit further away then usual. You can see Newt sitting by a bed, and also off to the side there is an Eevee sitting on the floor. He is also holding onto a dolls head. It's for moral support.

Newt meanwhile looks at the camera.]

I have a question. If you're af...if you don't really like a certain type of pokemon that much. But you still want to get all the gym badges. Do you think it would be easier to get the gym themed for them over with first? Or should you wait and maybe you won't be so afraid of them in the future?

Oh and does anyone knows what this is?

[She holds up a Spell Tag]

Vasquez brought it back after Halloween but I'm not sure what to do with it.

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[She nods.]

I think that's what I'm going to do. I thought it might be easier to get it over with, but if I wait till I'm stronger then I might not be so afraid.

And maybe someday I won't be afraid of the ones that look like the monsters from home. Some of them are probably really nice but I don't ...like them. And that's not fair.

Yeah, it might be best. Better for you and your team.

[There's nothing wrong with that. Not in his opinion.]

No, Newt, what wouldn't be fair is if you forced yourself to take one on while you're still afraid of them. That wouldn't be right. Waiting is better. Don't worry about that, okay?

Oh...okay. I'll try not to worry about it.

[Also because she trusts you.]

Is it possible to stop being afraid of something?

You're doing a good job so far. Asking questions and figuring things out.

[No, seriously. That's how you learn. And he's proud of her for it.]

I... that? I'm not sure how to answer that, yet.

I thought maybe people might now. And a lot of people gave me advice.

[People are helpful and they don't die here. This world is pretty good.]

Okay.

[She actually seems fine with that.]

Thanks for telling me the truth.

[And that would be why.]

Good. People here usually are, I've found. It's a good place to learn things.

[Because, yes, the world is pretty good. In a lot of ways.]

Hey, that's what I'm good for here. Telling the truth.

Unless it's "how are you doing". I've been told I tend to bend that one a lot.

It is. There's a lot of really nice people here.

[She's glad they can't die on her.]

Telling the truth is important. .....but sometimes I tell people I'm fine when I'm not so they'll go away.

There really are. We got lucky like this.

[In a lot of ways.]

Hey, I agree. But... I do the same thing. I just don't want people to worry too much.

But won't they just worry more if they find out you're not telling them the truth?

Yeah. Sometimes, they do.

[Again, telling her the truth is probably best.]

But that's why I'm working on it.

[She nods.]

When I first met the marines, I didn't want to talk to any of them at all, even the ones who were worried about me because I knew they were all going to die and it wasn't worth getting to know them. And what they thought didn't matter.

It's easier to talk to people here. Because I know they won't die. So I don't mind telling them the truth or getting to know them.

[It's a lot easier when your mindset is still, is everyone not dead? Okay we're good.]

I'm glad it's different for you here, Newt... and I hope that doesn't change.

[He really doesn't. For a lot of reasons. For a lot of people.]

[Himself and his team included.]

Me too. Things would get really bad if it changed.

[Too many people here have monsters.]

But it's okay here. Even if people leave, they're not dead and it's not their fault.

[Unless they're dead back home but Newt doesn't think about that for a lot of reasons.]

I don't think it will. No one's ever found anything to say it will.

[The history of this world is very peaceful, after all.]

Right. They're just home.

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