[They can both have the brightest of smiles, and if Fai's eyes perhaps linger a moment longer on Sakina, he still will not outright accuse or demand. What would be the point?]

Mmm, I admit that it's embarrassing to have been so very easily manipulated, but perhaps I can blame my youth? [Mr Sunshine, now in full Houndoom form and standing by his side, growls the kind of growl that starts out in the back of one throat and ends up in someone else's. Fai puts a gentle hand on his head, calming him a bit.]

Either way, I feel I really have to congratulate you people. If the purpose was to motivate us to want to be stronger, you can certainly count me as motivated.