𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫

ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ 𝗜’𝗺 𝗞𝗿𝘆𝘀! 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲… ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀

"𝑵𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓."

"𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎?" As he says this, he would grab all six of his pokéballs as he tossed them into the air. One by one they opened up and released his Lucario, Blaziken, Hawlucha, Manectric, Golurk, and Blastoise.

". . ." "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝑷𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕."

"𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑."

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆! 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔."

...Yeah. Me too. It probably would've been a lot harder without you 'n Gold, you know?

was preventin’ her from leavin’ Rocket. Well ... turns out they were in on it t’gether. Some sick joke. Dropped m’guard all by myself, though, an’ didn't send my own ’mon out.`` She scratches the back of her head with a sheepish smile. ⠀``Guess I had it comin’, huh?``

⠀``Krys ...`` A sympathetic look fills Kotone's eyes. Because she doesn't want to lie. ⠀``I ... I can promise t’ be more careful, but ...`` her voice trails. ``I'm Champion. Folks expect certain things from me, y’know? Responsibilities ... Expectations ... Even duties. »

[ he smiles faintly at her emphasis on 'given', a tinge of fondness present. ] Well, I was an asshole then. Not exactly a high bar to clear.

"𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔?"

That's... [ he seems to struggle with his words for a moment. ] You don't need to thank me for that. That's just... the bare minimum.

[ his gaze leaves her in order to stare in front of him absently. ] Of course... I wouldn't have just left her.