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[nellacerniera]

[So, originally, Bucciarati hadn't intended to give the network more than a passing glance unless it was completely necessary.

But then sometimes, as you try to get your bearings, you see a news broadcast about giant birds being menaces at an event, and you manage to spot a somehow familiar face in that footage. Then it becomes necessary.

(Plus, as it happens, he did have a couple of questions that occurred to him when he had been making plans. Funny how such things happen.)

And that's why the video opens on an Italian man, no older than twenty, with a Slowpoke in his lap. The man is rather intent on what he's doing--adjusting his Gear so that the camera's steady--while the Pokémon just... vacantly stares off into the distance, as a Slowpoke is wont to do. Once the man's apparently satisfied, he leans back a bit.]

There we are... Ah... Hello, everyone. I'm a recent arrival. My name's Bruno Bucciarati, and if anyone has the time to spare to answer a couple of questions for me, I'd appreciate it. First of all... Does anyone happen to have any advice for a newcomer that the provided handbook doesn't somehow cover?

Secondly... [He glances down at the Slowpoke, patting the Water-type's head briefly, but frowns when it takes the Slowpoke at least a full second or two to acknowledge the affection.] For Teodoro's species here, are the delayed reactions normal or something I should be concerned about?

Comments

[epitaffio]

Then you'll definitely go there! There's a gym in that town.

[nellacerniera]

It'll be a while yet, since I'll be going to Kanto first, but I'll look forward to it.

[epitaffio]

Are you gonna be meeting with somebody?

[Such as, perhaps, Narancia...?]

[nellacerniera]

I am, yes. There's someone from my home that's here that--that I'd like to stick around as much as possible.

[So, yes, Narancia.]