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[preybeforemeals]

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(Meridiana, you probably want this one.)

"Ah, amore, it seems I've missed you; do leave something for me and we'll see if we can rectify that, shall we?"

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[preybeforemeals]

[ ... c: ]

Exactly! That's exactly it.

And even if you do start to worry about the state of things back home...just like pleasure isn't permanent, I think that can be said for our dark times as well. Sorrow isn't our natural state of things, regardless of who or what you are; the fact that we can experience pleasure with such intensity in the first place speaks a lot to that. Things will work out, just because they're naturally inclined to - if not toward happiness, then at least toward contentment and some sort of equilibrium.

We have too much to experience yet, in both this world and our own. It'll be fine.

[...Clearly someone's feeling pretty good now that the feelings jam is out of the way. Might as well get the obligatory One Direction Laugh Track/REAL IRONIC IN THREE YEARS out of the way.]

[samsa]

[So is he, if we're being honest. ...not that he was planning on a feelings jam being a thing, but sometimes things just happen.]

That's a good way to think about it, I think. That things will work themselves out in some sort of way, eventually.

[Though Tsukiyama put it in better words than he could have.]

And honestly? I'm...actually a bit excited to see what happens here in the future. So much has happened already, and I've only really seen two towns in this world.

[preybeforemeals]

Well, I can tell you already that you're not missing out on anything if you don't get around to Cherrygrove - I spent far too long there at the start.

[samsa]

I can't imagine it would be much compared to Goldenrod, anyway...everybody I've talked to says this is the biggest town you'll find.

[preybeforemeals]

That's what I've heard, yes - at least as far as Johto goes. I can't say for certain because I've never been to Kanto and I haven't heard quite as much about it, but from what I understand a few cities there are rather large as well. They don't seem to have as large a population of "foreigners", however.

...The name of that region threw me a bit, I'll admit, but it's presumably nothing like the Kanto we know - I don't believe there's a Tokyo equivalent, at least.

[samsa]

Ah, probably not. I don't know very much about Kanto, either...I guess most people stay in Johto since it seems like traveling can get...hard.

[There's a bit of a pause before he continues.]

Though, one thing I'm really surprised by is that some people actually fly on their Pokemon between towns.

[preybeforemeals]

Ah, so I've heard! I'm currently training one so I can do that myself, actually, though I have yet to actually work out how it's done.

[HIGH PLACES, KANEKI-KUN]

[samsa]

[HE'S NOT SURE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THIS, HONESTLY...]

I have a Pokemon that...should be able to fly eventually, I think. ...I mean, he can fly, but I really don't think he could carry anyone.

You have to have a certain badge before you can do that anyway, right?

[preybeforemeals]

Yes, I think so, and it isn't one I have - I believe it's one of the earlier ones, though, so obtaining it shouldn't be difficult for me.

Either way, it makes very little sense to have to teach these things how to do something they should already know how to do.

[samsa]

Yeah...it seems like more effort for no reason, really. Maybe I'll get that badge by then...he's still pretty small for now.

So you've gotten some badges already, then, Tsukiyama-san?

[preybeforemeals]

Not many as I should have by now, admittedly, but I've been a bit preoccupied with other things.

There's someone else staying with me and so I've been keeping close to her, and the weather was entirely too hideous to allow for travel for quite some time besides.

[samsa]

Oh...is she a friend of yours?

[preybeforemeals]

Well...yes, I suppose so.

[...You can practically sense the "...UHHHHHHHHHHH...", good lord.]

She's not from Tokyo, I met her here - we arrived at the same time.

She doesn't know about any of us; Banjou-san knows her as well, and to my knowledge he hasn't said anything either.

[samsa]

[...he can only wonder what this poor woman has gone through by now.]

Oh, okay. That's nice of you to let her stay with you, then.

[preybeforemeals]

[...thanks, asshole.]

I'm not interested in doing anything to her, just for reference's sake.

[samsa]

Right, I...I didn't think you were.

[And that's probably only partially a lie.]

[preybeforemeals]

There's no point in doing things like that here, for one thing.

For another, she's a bit too important to me at this point to consider.

[samsa]

[...he didn't think you were going to eat her]

I understand. I've met a couple people here like that, for me.

[preybeforemeals]

[well what on earth did you think he was going to do, murder her and throw her in a lake when he decided he was bored]

That's good to know - that you have, I mean.

[samsa]

[he doesn't know]

Most of them have helped me some way or another...but they haven't made me feel like I owe them for it or anything.

[...bless Nonon's heart for putting up with Kaneki not caving and just buying a goshdang map, basically.]