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[Apollo's voice makes him sound a bit older than he is. Anyone who doesn't know him may be in for a surprise later.]

How many of you who are planning on exploring outside the city have spent much time in the wilderness during the winter? If you haven't you should travel with someone who has. You won't be able to find an iron mine if you die.

[With that morbid thought delivered in a completely calm tone, there's a pause before he asks another question, one that he doesn't know the answer to.]

What does an iron mine look like?

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[Apollo doesn't understand what the big deal is; you talk to people and ask for directions when you're trying to find a place in the city, why wouldn't you talk to people to find something outside of the city as well? He tends to forget that not everyone is used to or able to communicate with Pokémon like he can.]

Aron eat metal, so asking any of them who live outside the city might lead us to iron. We'd have to make sure we didn't take any more than we needed though, otherwise they could starve.

[For Cecilia, it's a different notion: it's a source of knowledge she never considered. She loves Pokémon, but she still sees them a little differently than Apollo. Or maybe a lot. Being able to talk with them doesn't make her bonded to them quite the way it does for him.]

Mm... yes. And I'd rather not see us wreck the landscape with mining, either. It can carve up the surroundings if it isn't done properly.

[Being born with the ability to essentially read Pokémon minds and learning to do so before learning how to talk to humans gives him a unique perspective, to be sure.]

It can? We'll need to be extra careful then. Just because we need iron doesn't mean that we have any right to hurt anyone for it.

[Another him, who hadn't lived in civilization, would have said that if mining might damage the environment then humans would just need to get by without iron regardless of the costs. He might even have taken action to ensure that no mining took place. Having perspective can radically change one's opinions.]

Mm-hmm.

[She pauses, then she adds:] I'm Cecilia. Cecilia Adlehyde. Do you want to go to near the canyon together and ask? I can... speak with Pokémon, after a fashion.

I'm Apollo.

[And I still have no idea what his AU family name will be so I'll just ignore it for now. She wouldn't recognize it anyways.]

Sure. I can too.

Where are you now?

It's a pleasure. [She considers the question a moment, before answering.] The forest. Do you need to prepare, before we do that?

All I need to do is get my bag from home and then I can leave. I'm already on the stairs. Where in the forest are you? I can catch up to you if you aren't too far out. Otherwise we can meet halfway.

I'm in the northern part of the forest. Near a very large oak, at the moment, on a crest.

[There's a delay before he responds, during which the sounds of a door opening, a few Pokémon, and a door closing can be heard.]

I think I know which one you're talking about. I'm on my way. I should be able to catch up to you without any problem.

Certainly. I was also speaking with a boy-- [Cecilia didn't get his name. Erk.] --who said he would like to come, too.

Is he on his way too?

He is. I just confirmed. About half an hour, he said.

Okay. I should be there by then.

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