>>14880003"I know that, and I was ready during the gym battle! But THAT was before I knew a giant spider was destroying the joint, I'm TERRIFIED of those things, a Spinarak bit in the ear once when I was a kid, do you KNOW how hard that hur-"
She slaps you.
SHE SLAPS YOU.
Miss Leading raises her hand, and as dignified as a polite lady can...she slaps you.
"I'm sorry for that, but it was necessary. Whatever is in the past should stay in the past, Calem. Part of growing up is realizing that, moving on, and learning from those experiences. Now please, please, *please* deal with your fear. Become a hero just this once, that's simply the gist of what I want to get by here."
You rub your cheek, it's really starting to get some residual stinging, and it hurts like hell.
"Ow...Fuck, that hurt."
Miss Leading cares not for that though, and instead pushes you towards one of trees containing a Scatterbug egg at the top. Despite the fact that becoming a hero means facing the Pokemon that made you cry for weeks on end, you find yourself ascending the tree anyways, probably because seeing her lose her cool like that made you feel like shit.
Are you 'doing it for her'?
Probably.
'That slap...that slap was kinda hot now that I think about it...'