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[purramedic]

[Anders, still done up for work, looks rather unimpressed as he starts to broadcast from his hotel room. Without a word yet, he turns the video onto a Pokemon that no longer matches his adorable Skitty scrubs. Pinsy is flopped over on the bed, her much bigger body dwarfing the pillow she's stretched out on.]

I come home to find that somebody took it upon herself to dig a very special stone out of my bag.

I would say she looks far more regal, but she seems to be even lazier now. As if I thought it was possible.

[Just for emphasis, he extends a hand to lift one of her paws and drop it back onto the sheets, repeatedly, and the Delcatty's only reaction is a tired stare toward the camera.]

Incredible. I thought evolution was meant to make Pokemon stronger.

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ANDERS NO I read your Wiki and this is weird and creepy

[notvaljean]

[Jean nods. That... that sounds about right. He himself might have devoted his heart to humanity, but he only did it because said heart got broken by Marco's death.]

What? Why would he hate it here?

[Here is great! Here is much better than Jean's world, and it frankly sounds better than Anders' world too.]

LISTEn sharing a body makes you codependent, probably

[purramedic]

[Anders would probably only be happier with Johto itself if it didn't take away his magic, but that probably isn't the case for all Thedosians.]

He doesn't like being idle, for one -- he's very resolute, always looking for people to help, rights to wrong. He wouldn't know what to do with himself.

As for keeping Pokemon... I had a cat around the time we first met, and he accused me of enslaving it. [Okay, maybe the mental image of Justice being forced by the powers that be to cope with "owning" an animal is kind of hilarious to Anders, and he even smiles a little, if bitterly.] No, I don't think it'd suit him.

[notvaljean]

What?

[This is a very serious conversation, but Jean can't help snorting a little.]

How do you enslave a cat? It's not like they listen anyway!

[purramedic]

[Anders doesn't seem to have a problem with it. It isn't often he gets to recall these things in an honestly lighthearted way, and for once this is amusing in spite of everything.]

Exactly! That kitten would charge Darkspawn at his own behest. I seriously doubt he resented snuggling up in some warm, cozy robes for a while.

[notvaljean]

[Hey, if it's got Anders cheering up a little, Jean is going to run with it. Besides, this is practically their routine by now: discuss something upsetting, get sad and/or depressed, cheer each other up.]

I mean, if a cat doesn't like you, it just leaves, right? Unless you had that kitten in chains all the time [Jean's tone implies how foolish he finds that very idea, having known Anders], I'm sure it wasn't a slave.