So Two Mice Go to a Grove... [OTA]

[warriormouse]

Who: Martin, Matthias, and You!
When: Last week of April/Early May
What: Flower Grove antics!

[Martin is delighted to finally be out of Union and traveling with Matthias and their teams to the Flower Grove. The weather is perfect, everyone is happy and healthy, and Matthias packed their food.

Martin is a very simple man sometimes and can be easily appeased with food.]

Comments

[iamthatis]

B-bond?

[The question caught him rather off guard. On one hand...he'd been really focused on planning for the trip that he hadn't really thought about anything past that. On the other...he'd never really...given thought to bonding with any other Pokemon than Basil. It had always just been...well, the two of them.]

I...I suppose? I mean...if I find any willing Pokemon while we travel...I don't see why I couldn't try?

[Did you forget the part where he doesn't people well? That extends to Pokemon too.]

[warriormouse]

[Matty you grew up in the Habitat. You should be able to Pokémon]

You're bound to find someone out here, and I would be happy to help you if you need it. You've only ever bonded with Basil, haven't you?

[iamthatis]

[Matty should be able to a lot of things that his shyness keeps getting in the way of.]

I...yes. I've always just been so...focused on what I've been doing at any given time that...I've just never considered anything beyond that. I suppose this journey will do wonders to open my mind from such a narrow world view.

[Yeah...tunnel vision will do that to you. It's about time someone took the blinders off.]

[warriormouse]

We have a name for that in the Swords, you know. Tunnel vision.

[He smiles and chucks Matthias's shoulder]

It's part of the reason I made sure to visit people and help where I could before my accident. I didn't want to get so absorbed in my job that I forgot the world.

[iamthatis]

[Matthias sighed and nodded. He'd been a fool to let himself get so absorbed in the minutia of things that he forgot the bigger picture...but it wasn't something he could dwell on. The past was where it was and to focus on it would just be a continuation of his bad habits; he needed to push past that and focus on the whole wide world in front of him.]

You're right...I have a chance to amend the mistakes I've made on this journey and I'll be taking full advantage of that. I guess...bonding with another Pokemon would be as good a place to start as any.

[warriormouse]

Exactly. I'll even help you look for and talk to one.