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[After visiting the council and seeking permission to stay in Union City, Renko was more than pleased with their answer. They'd even given her one of those Warp Band devices she'd seen most people around the city wear. Needless to say, she looks thrilled once she gets it all figured out and starts recording.]

Hey, this thing isn't as hard to figure out as I thought it would be! That's great!

So it's pretty obvious that I'm not from around here. That aside, my name's Renko Usami, and I've decided to stay here! It's quite a bit different than what I'm used to in most ways.

[She pauses for a moment, debating what to say next, all the while counting the seconds away in her head. She needed to make a good impression on these people. She hoped she was doing a good job.]

I'd really like to learn more about all of you. Your stories, culture, technology, any of it, really. Is there a library I can check out? Other than that, any advice at all would be appreciated, especially with exploring some of the areas outside the city. It didn't seem so bad on the way here, but I was in a group then. I'm guessing going solo would be a very different experience.

Anyway, that's it for now. Thank you for allowing me to stay in your city.

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I was with them, yes. If you haven't noticed, they're gone.

Maybe you're just a spy sending information back secretly!

I'm very probably not in their good graces right now. Besides, I'd probably be no good at being a spy.

Is it because you ditched them?

Something like that. I wasn't ready to leave this place. I feel like there's so much I can learn here.

It's way better here than whatever stupid city they lived in anyway.

I wouldn't go that far. Many things there are far more advanced than they are here. However, there are certainly pros and cons to both cities.

Advanced doesn't mean better.

In all cases, no. In most of them, yes.

See, that's the attitude everyone here hates! You all ink you're better than us!

Actually, I'm nowhere near the level of some scientists. I admit that some of the technology here, namely Warp Bands are incredible. However, most of the rest of it pales in comparison to things that are common every day back in Gigas.

Your own attitude suggests that you think yourself superior.

If we're not, how come you're still here instead of back in Gigas, huh?

Think of it as studying abroad. I'm simply seeking things I don't already know. I believe there are a number of other civilizations like Union and Gigas out there, and I do plan on seeing them all at one point or another.

So you probably won't be here for long anyway, then, since we're so dumb and not advanced.

Well, it would be unwise to wander off alone into the wilderness without any clues of where to go. So it's unlikely I'll be leaving any time soon.

Don't you have machines to tell you where to go?

There's little information on what's really out there, whether it be here or Gigas.

So you don't know much more than we do about that.

Precisely.

Well... just keep those Pokéball things away from me while you're here, then.

Well, it's pretty obvious that you don't want to be in one.

...what kind of Pokémon are you, anyway?

What, you can't tell?

[Wavin' dem tentacles around and wiggling dat head-fin.]

[Give her a moment here, she hasn't actually been trying to Analyze Squid Girl yet. Unlike Enlightened with that perk, she actually has to study her target for a moment.]

Well, the tentacles and fin suggest a water type. I know of very few species with a fin similar to that, so I am guessing either Inkay or Malamar.

Wow, you're pretty good.

It takes a lot of practice and studying to become good.

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