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What I'm saying is that it takes time. I'm still not that good at it. I'm mostly just good at the part that I learned during Thras' test for all of us.

[The punchy thing!]

I'll still teach you, though. I don't mind.

What was Thras's test?

[Look, something new to ask about.]

...I don't know what else to call it. When the Arehtei come down, they usually try to kill us? Or put us through a lot. Thras wasn't negative when he showed up, so he let us volunteer to... Get cool temporary superpowers and fend off evil. Something like that.

In the end, our powers got cut off, and we had to be brave and use them ourselves, basically. That's how we learned Dunamis for the first time.

[Envy starts to prick at Gold again, but it doesn't get too far before the flames bloom harmless gracideas that don't catch the walls on fire themselves and he sits up, legs criss-crossed with an expectant look on his face.]

That offer for you to teach me still open?

[... Because he wouldn't want to ask Silver, since they're still rivals, but Silver had offered and if it stays an offer then that's good, he can appreciate the fact that his best buddy's willing to give him a hand in not turning the world to ash like the world apparently fucking wants him to.]

'Cause you can count me in! That sounds too good to pass up, and then I'll have something new to kick your ass with!

...Yeah, of course.

[He just made the offer, of course it's still open-]

I'm gonna be the one to kick your ass, though. Better be careful.

[If it were Gold, he would've turned it into a "if you ask maybe i will" situation, so that shows his ass.]

You keep sayin' that, buddy, but I'm not losing to you. Not during our battle [when... his arm heals...] and not in that Dunamis thing. I'll remind you just who's the best trainer in Johto.

[...Well, he does have a year's advantage on Gold... But he spent most of that year doing other things and slacking off a bit in the training department. Which isn't to say that he didn't train at all, just... They're likely still a pretty even match.

Which is for the best, really. That makes it more fun.]

Honestly, I don't care who wins. I just want a real battle for once.

[One where he doesn't hold back, one where he'll probably get hurt but who cares if he and his partners manage to pull through.]

That doesn't mean I'm gonna throw the match or anything, of course.

Didn't even cross my mind, dude. If that'd been something that changed about you, I would've decked you right here and now.

[But that's as the same as ever, and there's more of those fire flowers popping up. It's nice that Silver's the same. It's nice that, despite the year, despite the differences, he's as a whole the same as the Silver he knew not a month ago, the same one that'd stood beside him and battled him and and was his equal, who hadn't held back since that day Gold challenged him to a no-holds barred match when they were kids.

Silver's Silver no matter what.]

Don't worry. I went through some stuff, but I'm not a whole other person.

[...Or his dad, despite Gold trying to say so. ...He said that out of anger, right? He didn't really...]

[... Man, he really did say something he shouldn't have earlier.]

Yeah, you're you. And just you.

[Not anyone else, and definitely not the leader of Team Rocket. Gold rubs the back of his neck.]

... So I'm sorry about what I said before. [It's easier to feelings now.] You and your old man are worlds apart. Only thing that's the same is what you said yourself -- you both need others, but you know what? So does anyone else. Thinkin' about it like that, even I'm just the same as that guy.

[So, you know. Yeah.]

...It's not a completely terrible comparison. My dad's a strong trainer. He's really passionate about about his specialty, you can hear it in his book. And he does good instead of bad sometimes.

[He did help them save the world. ...Even if he did that for him.]

It's the Team Rocket part that's the problem. And I'm nothing like them.

[He wouldn't hurt countless people for his own personal gain. He wouldn't create legendaries in some creepy basement. He wouldn't endanger the world.]

As long as you're not gonna be like that guy and say I'm as cruel and evil as my dad, I...

[...He still doesn't like it, but it could be worse.]

Edited (WHO FORGOT ABOUT PETREL IT WAS ME) 2016-05-16 05:59 (UTC)

[yknow ur girlfriend sounds like shed be a perfect fit in team rocket]

C'mon, buddy, do you really think I would? Hell, I think you're too kind for your own good sometimes.

[Evil? Cruel? Please. Despite his cunning looks, Silver's got a simple mind and that doesn't include those two things -- as far as Gold knows and is concerned about, anyway, unless something there has changed.]

Which is why you've gained an "interesting crowd" as that guy put it, I'd guess.

...You think I'm kind?

[...That would definitely explain his choice of friends, wouldn't it? It's not that what they do is okay- except for Tsukiyama, who has to do what he does- it's that... He wants to give them that chance anyway.

But is that kindness? He shakes his head.]

People like Jude or Ludger are kind. ...Like Yellow or Crys.

[Not him.]

And like you.

[Gold doesn't consider himself a kind person, either. He's the most self-serving of their little gang and he knows it. Silver's not like that, though, and he gives people chances when he really, really shouldn't.]

You forgave the guy that made your life hell, didn't you?

[...Pryce...]

...He was different. He helped save the world. I wasn't going to slap that back in his face.

[He already got his revenge years ago.]

Edited 2016-05-16 06:34 (UTC)

[That's a pretty big difference between them, huh.]

He only got away with not owning up for the shit he did because he got trapped in the time stream instead, y'know. I'd say it's punishment enough, but there's a part of me that doesn't agree with that.

[... He's gonna lay back down, waving his hand.]

I mean, good on you for doin' it, since I sure as hell wouldn't, but what about your old man? He helped save the world, too. He'll probably do it again as long as you're around or he stands to gain something from it. But that ain't something to be rewarded.

He got what was coming to him. That's enough, isn't it? I spent long enough hating him and wanting nothing but his death.

[He'd rather hate as little as possible, if he can help it. As the topic changes to his father, the temperature starts to fluctuate, rapidly hiking up and down.]

My dad might have helped, but that doesn't mean he won't hurt, too. As long as he's in Team Rocket, I'll fight him.

[...But if the look on Silver's face is any indication, he's going to forgive the man the second he steps down, too.]

...I don't hate him, even if he's terrible. He's my dad, and he cares about me. ...I love him. That won't stop me from doing what I have to do, but it's how I feel.

You sure learned to talk.

[Because who wants to deal with this? Not Gold. He can already feel himself getting hotter because Silver, no, just because he cares about you doesn't mean you can forgive him the moment he steps down.]

...Sorry.

[...Did he piss Gold off, did he say something wrong-]

The hell're you apologizing for? Crys is gonna love hearing about this!

[Move the topic, move the topic--]

Being here makes you talk about stuff. It's harder to hide things when your emotions are right there.

[But that's not it, is it.]

I feel bad, too. I don't open up to you and Crys as much as I should. I didn't even tell you about my dad.

[...Actually-]

Please don't tell Crys about the guy that blows stuff up.

Edited 2016-05-16 07:04 (UTC)

[... Those are some touching words, or were until you reminded him about what nearly blew up the house earlier.]

Knowing her, she'd just think it's nice you're giving a guy like that a chance to grow out of his exploding ways. And that you should be careful. But mostly the first one.

Secret's safe with me though. Can't help you if she finds out some other way.

[Because ~he doesn't like it either~.]

[...He's not going to grow out of his exploding ways. But this is something we're not going to tell Gold.]

...I'll be careful, okay? Trust me.

[Trusting him would be a lot easier if Gold wasn't fully aware that his bud tends to get in over his head.

... But Silver did say that he'd come around if anything went down. And Gold trusts him that much, that he'd keep his word.]

I will. [Firmly. Genuinely.] Lemme ask you one other thing though.

...Sure. What is it?

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