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[comparative_insanity]

[Fai is looking unusually somber, and even in monochrome, it's easy to tell that he's a lot paler than usual. On his shoulder stands Babycakes, now evolved into a Floette, like an equally serious guard of honor with her flower like a rifle against her shoulder.]

[The young man says nothing at first, just holds up a rather skillfull sketch of a poké ball. Those with a bit of knowledge in history should probably recognise at least the general shape and design of it.]

Nevermind that they put those machines there to force Tyrantrum to evolve without their consent, but... they use these. Team Evolution, I mean. They keep pokémon imprisoned in these things, just like in the old days.

[He draws a deep, shaky breath.]

Despite how abhorrent this practice is - and believe me, I understand if you're angry - we should remember that they are from a different place with different laws. Wild accusations and demands aren't going to do us any good, is it? It's better if we try to reason with them, try to make them see why such treatment is wrong.

After all, the people in the old days were not all evil. If they were, why would the Savior have thought us worth sacrificing herself over? They were just ignorant.

But I thought you should be... warned.

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[niepokonany]

No, I mean, why did they think the Pokémon were mad enough that they needed saving? I just...

[Jadwiga, where are you, you and being cuddled and protected now D:]

It's messed up!

[comparative_insanity]

I know. Savior, I know.

[He runs his hands over his face, making a distressed little noise. Quickly followed by a surprised one as Rumpleteazer, normally not a very cuddly creature at all, jumps into his lap and curls up, and he can feel her shaking slightly. Around him, all his pokémon - he couldn't bear having them anywhere else tonight - draw closer. Even Dotty seems solemn and quiet.]

I think they probably knew why, back then. But I don't think they wanted to think of it, and so they tried not to, and after that... it was no doubt way too quickly forgotten. It was a long time ago.

[niepokonany]

Not long enough. We seriously can't just stand around and let them do this!

[comparative_insanity]

No, we can't. But trying to make them see how very wrong it is to do that is still our best option. They might not have understood it back then, but if they get to see that it's possible to live side by side with pokémon, not above them, they might be more open to change.

[His eyes harden.] And if not... we won't let them forget again.

[niepokonany]

This whole thing is just mad sketchy. And like, the machines--you remember how freaked out that Tyrantrum was, right?

[comparative_insanity]

Yes. And when I talked to her, she said it was only to help them, and I think she really believes that, but... they never even thought that maybe it was wrong, just doing that to them because they wanted to. They never questioned if they had the right. And that's... scary, it really is.

[niepokonany]

Yeah, because it's totally okay to just do whatever you want to whoever you want? God, why didn't they just ask some Pokémon what they'd think?

[comparative_insanity]

That's... probably a very complicated thing to try to communicate without a being Enlightened, or at the very least owning a Warp Band. Which means that they shouldn't do it at all, of course. But because they don't know that it's actually possible to ask the question, they think they don't have to.

[niepokonany]

Just because they suck at communication doesn't mean the Pokémon around them should get it taken out on them! They have Pokémon, right? They know they have feelings, so how would it be okay to ignore what they want so much?

[comparative_insanity]

Because I don't think they get that their communication could be better, that they could actually ask instead of doing things. [He sighs explosively.] It's as if they have just decided not to see certain things, and so they just... don't. That must've been how people in the old days were too. But if pokémon are invisible to them, well, we aren't. And we can see what they can't, and tell them that they're walking around with their eyes shut.

[niepokonany]

Ugh!

[He curls up into a ball around Jadwiga, who is looking pretty worried by his upsetness.]

How does anyone with two brain cells to rub together not get it? I don't get that!

[comparative_insanity]

It's... really hard to understand. But I think it has to do with normality. People can do all sorts of horrible things if they think it's how things are supposed to be. [Such as think of a young woman as nothing more than a breeding mare - he knows a little something about the way people can justify unreasonable things already.]

It's clear that in the old days, there had a lot of amazing things which we still have no idea how to copy now. Good things thought out by brilliant people. And still they sought to enslave even the Gods. Sometimes it's clever that do the most stupid things.

[niepokonany]

Then who really cares about normal? Forget that!

What good is their stupid technology if they can't invent a way to pull their heads out of their asses?

[TACT.]

[comparative_insanity]

[He laughs, then, and likes Feliks so much for being able to make him laugh even now.]

You're right. Sometimes, what people really need is just for someone to shake them and tell them that all their logic and carefully constructed reasons need to be exchanged with... well, a base minimum of common sense.

[niepokonany]

I just can't believe they need something that basic explained...