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>A young man, callow and foolish in innocence, came to own a sword.
>With it, he smote Pokémon, which gave sustenance, with carefree abandon.
>Those not taken as food, he discarded, with no afterthought.
>The following year, no Pokémon appeared. Larders grew bare.
>The young man, seeking the missing Pokémon, journeyed afar.
>Long did he search. And far and wide, too, until one he did find.
>Asked he, "Why do you hide?" To which the Pokémon replied...
>"If you bear your sword to bring harm upon us, with claws and fangs, we will exact a toll."
>"From your kind we will take our toll, for it must be done."
>"Done it must be to guard ourselves and for it, I apologize."
>To the skies, the young man shouted his dismay.
>"In having found the sword, I have lost so much."
>”Gorged with power, I grew blind to Pokémon being alive."
>"I will never fall savage again. This sword I denounce and forsake."
>"I plead for forgiveness, for I was but a fool."
>So saying, the young man hurled the sword to the ground, snapping it.
>Seeing this, the Pokémon disappeared to a place beyond seeing...
-Veilstone Myth, Pokemon Platinum
