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Anyone could manage that when there is nothing actually left to discuss.

[Scar, you are severely underestimating your stupidity when it comes to this woman.]

We've discussed plenty. I'm bored and there's no one awake to talk to, you don't have to go unless you want to.

But if you aren't tired and don't have anything else to do, why not talk?

I don't... normally just talk to people.

[What that's supposed to explain, he has no freaking clue.]

Here, I'm tired of talking to you without being able to see you. So what if you don't talk to people usually? Why not give it a try?

Really, what do we have to lose?

[Is this really necessary? Scar hesitates a moment before switching the 'Gear to video. He's sitting in his sleeping bag by a low campfire, and his Pokémon are curled up around him. He almost never uses the video function.]

Fine...

[It's far easier to just talk to her when it's only on voice. But... Now what? His uncertainty is evident on his face.]

Now that's better.

[Lust is propped up against a tree, her 'gear on her drawn up knees. Her hair's down and the upper curve of Guttle can be seen in the bottom of the frame - he's sleeping partially on her lap.]

It feels more like a proper conversation, when we can see each other. Where are you, anyway?

I'm outside of Olivine.

[The awkwardness is still persisting. He really wasn't exaggerating, when he said that he didn't speak idly with people.]

I... think someone is traveling with me.

[HE REALLY ISN'T SURE, he kind of just... stuck around. ~~Help.~~]

You think?

[She can't help it. Only Scar would be unsure of whether or not he had a traveling companion.]

Well, who is it? You have to tell me about them now.

[This is confusing, but positive. Scar needs a friend.]

His name is Ivan Raikov.

[And just when you thought Scar couldn't get even more awkward...]

I think he's... taken with me.

[Nervous glancing offscreen. HE'S NOT AROUND, IS HE?]

Don't know the name.

...taken with you? Are you certain he isn't just a very friendly man? Different worlds have different standards...

[She's trying so hard not to outright laugh.]

No, he's definitely...

[Scar does not want to recount the details.]

I'm sure.

You are a very handsome man.

I assume you've told him you aren't interested? I...assume you aren't.

Of course I'm not. He's just...

[Glaring away from the screen, because he cannot STAND to look at her right now. Huff.]

I owe him, because he helped me pay for all the tomato juice after the... incident with the Skuntank.

Yes, you are Scar. Speaking purely aesthetically, you have handsome features, you're tall and in shape, you're at that age where a man is considered in his physical prime...

[She shrugs.]

It's not unreasonable to think someone who finds you attractive would want to act on that attraction. But really, be clear with him. It's only fair. If he's interested in you as a person, there's no reason you can't make a friend. As long as you make it clear that's all you're open to.

I meant that I'm not interested.

[But he also doesn't find himself attractive, regardless of whatever list Lust has arranged in her head as to why he supposedly is.]

I do not need a... laundry list about how supposedly attractive I am.

[Supposedly. Dear God, he doesn't need to hear that again.]

Then be clear with him, otherwise you're giving him false hope.

Well, you got one anyway. Usually men like hearing a woman rattle off how good looking they are.

I am not leading him on, I already told him that I'm not... He's just determined.

Well I don't. And we're changing the subject.

[To what, though? He can't think of anything. Why must this be so difficult?]

You do have that effect on people. He'll give up when he realizes you really aren't interested in men at all.

Lighthearted teasing Scar, that's all. Just relax. I'm having a good time, you can too. It's nice just to talk.

I am not interested in talking about myself, especially not about how all I have managed to accomplish in this... second life is catch the attention of other men.

[Teasing or no.]

That's not all you've done. From what I've seen of your Pokemon, you're an excellent trainer.

[Why all of the flattery? Sheesh.]

It isn't difficult...

[Miriam stirs on his lap.]

They're friendlier than animals.

And smarter, too. With far more complex emotions.

I really quite like them, actually.

[Scar nods as he looks down to Miriam, lightly stroking her head and back. Funny, how she hadn't gotten any bigger since her "hatching." Pokémon biology is strange.

He looks up to the 'Gear and frowns at the visible top of the round, blue Pokémon sitting on Lust's lap.]

Do you always sleep with Guttle like that?

Usually he's next to me, but he tries to creep onto my lap. He knows he doesn't fit, he just ends up with his face end on my leg. When I sleep he curls up next to me.

I ask because I remember him being disarmingly heavy.

[Scar is just tiredly babbling at this point. Miriam stirs awake, meowing quietly at the screen. It's been a while since she's seen Lust!]

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