Ed remained tense, but he made no move to indicate that he was going to escalate the situation. Instead, he stood there and glowered at Scar, trying to sort through the information he was just given to search for something he could say as a counter, but he couldn't. The scars he mentioned were right there in front of him. There was no way to dispute that without being in some serious denial.

After that long moment, Ed finally let out a frustrated growl and let himself fall back on the bench. Skull was instantly relieved, even if it was clear that his trainer was still in a bad mood. He didn't know what he and the scarred man were talking about, but the stranger had earned some respect from the Cubone simply by not getting into fisticuffs with his trainer.

"I thought this place was just full of weird electric sheep and little ice bugs. And maybe the occasional thing that breathes fire or spits poison. Now you're telling me there's something here bring dead people back to life?!"