video - violet city;

[prayreturn]

[ The camera has a few Zigzagoon in the background from the swarm, Minfilia looking a bit tired as her female Meowstic tries to fight them. She holds up a badge - the Zephyr Badge! There's a warm smile on her face, tired but proud. ]

It was quite the interesting experience fighting a Gym Leader - I hope that the others end up as enlightening. I shall be setting out to the next city as soon as I can. But I've... a small concern.

[ The camera pans to show quite the crew. Her entire team are out and relaxing. Note the multiple cat-like Pokemon... ] Will they truly be okay in the box? I wish not to choose favorites, but I do know that some of them will do better against the next gym then others.

...Perhaps I shall need to spoil them when we get to Azalea Town.

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[prayreturn]

Rose - my Audino - has also been learning letters and sounds, to speak the common tongue of Man. It's... made it easier, I must admit. But perhaps I can use this to aid others who do not have this advantage.

...I'm still a new trainer, and yet I want to aid others. I suppose things don't change.

[crystalmaster]

That's amazing! I wonder if any of mine could do that.

Yeah, we're in another world, but we're still the same people, really. The same wants and needs and stuff.

[He always hopes to be able to help others too, especially after feeling like a failure back home.]

[prayreturn]

We are. And I cannot help but continue to try and lead, even if I'm no longer a leader.

...not yet.

[crystalmaster]

I get that. I was a leader back home myself, although it was probably on a much smaller scale than it was for you. I was also called a Papa Wolf a lot. I always try to look after my Pokemon here like I did for my friends back home.

[And they reward him for it; several are snuggling him now.

He feels that same protectiveness about people too, but he doesn't say that.]

[prayreturn]

I led an organization which was meant to protect people. [ She can't really say more. ] We operated in secret until recently - but I was their leader. While those smarter or stronger then I went out and aided in the field, I remained behind to aid in the ways I could. Like organization, and working with the nations of my homeland.

[crystalmaster]

That's great. Those are important jobs too. I usually didn't fight in the "field" back home either. But I ran and planned everything and looked after the townspeople.

[prayreturn]

Oh? Then our roles were similar. Except I had no town, simply my people. Even if one of the people working under me was creating his own militia...

[crystalmaster]

[Radley starts.]

He was?!

[prayreturn]

Yes. I still worry that he's in over his head, but he is one of the top scholars of his generation.

[ he is sixteen years old ]

[crystalmaster]

Really? How old is he?

[Radley is picturing a middle-aged guy.]

[prayreturn]

Sixteen.

[crystalmaster]

... You can be a top scholar at sixteen?! Is he a prodigy?