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A - [12:37PM]

[Laurent is holed up in the archives today, as usual, looking through old books in the University library and going through them page by page. He's a real egghead, so he actually enjoys doing this, believe it or not. What he doesn't like so much is the dust, which is making him sneeze more often than usual. So he's taken his findings (about six large texts) out to a quiet park near the University and sat down at one of the tables usually used for chess. Instead, he has the books strewn around, and he's writing in a blank page journal that seems to be mostly filled already with a fountain pen. His Solosis is bouncing around nearby and generally being more interesting than Laurent himself, getting grass stuck to himself every time the gelatinous ball rolls on the ground.]

B - [5:26PM]

[After school, Laurent can usually be found in the Business or Residential Areas either heading home or simply people and Pokemon watching as he shops. His mother gives him a small monthly allowance so he's decided to stop by Pokeco to see if he should get anything for his Pokemon friend. He's tried his hardest, but Solosis has gotten a bit spoiled... The young man is looking around the different products with his bag still full of books to continue reading at home and his Solosis on his shoulder wobbling excitedly.]

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B;

[tm50]

[Bertholdt also finds himself looking about at the Pokemon treats and gourmet food available to buy for his Magby. Being a sifter.. he could feed himself off the same foods but out of all the Pokemon-preferred tastes he had food was one that preferred human meals.

He also enjoyed the cute stories about rescue Pokemon the shop had to offer and from time to time (more so than often) he'd fish around for anything new. Hand going to the book on the top before it intercepted Laurent's.] Oh.

[Nervous as he looks up to face the other.] S-sorry..

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Oh, excuse me.

[Laurent pulls his hand back from on top of the book looking up.... and up at the much taller boy.]

You're free to look at it if you like, I've already read it. I follow the serialization through their magazine, I only thought it would be something to collect.

[tm50]

Um... [What does he say to something like that? The other was obviously more rehearsed with communicating than Bertholdt.]


......You too? [For once he can relate, why did he even mention it? Normally, he wouldn't have spoken up, something feels strange about this sudden need to continue speaking to something that wasn't a Pokemon--] The Pokemon in there articles are generally happy with living among there new human companions.. amazing what sort of abuse they could be put under and still forgive..

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Many Pokemon find comfort in living with humans, if not only from their advanced lifestyles. As you see, there's much to offer them nowadays.

[As seen from the special pokemon beds, food, clothes, etc. It's a life of luxury.]

However... there's been very few cases of cruelty to our companions in the last hundred or so year, I'm not quite sure what you mean.

[tm50]

The abuse humans have once put them under, I mean... [This isn't the best subject, perhaps it might be time to end the conversation..]

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Ah, yes of course. It's nice to see how far we've come from our barbaric ancestors.

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Yeah, I suppose... [It's better but you can't really forgive all that just because you're a new generation, can you? He'll never talk about it here though.]

Um.. Thank you.. for the book. [He picks it up and holds it close.]

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It's no trouble. I'll simply pick it up when they have another copy in.