>>24805635"Well, guess you could say I *am* out to change a few things.." you off-handedly mention, making sure to keep things cryptic. You're still under strict 'no mention-y the multiverse-y' policy.
Subo squints, almost as if trying to get a read on you. If there's anything for him to find, he doesn't alert you to it, and instead retracts his vines and takes a step back. "I see. If I may—would this have anything to do with your eavesdropping?"
"J-Just a little."
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"You should know, this community—though it continues to grow—is still rather small. Humans and Pokemon coexist, they work in tandem, cooperating toward a future that can be born from the ashes of the surface."
"I kind of figured that.."
"Humans are a small number of that small population though.""A-Ah?"
"I understand the breeding cycle of your species is much more dragged out than others. The next generation isn't due for arrival for months now, and it'll take years for them to develop higher skills. You can't be one of those.
The regulars that drop here, the ones that jog by, and everyone in-between, I've come to recognize their faces.""!"
