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[feistytrader]

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[preybeforemeals]

I noticed the, ah...question you posed to everyone over the crystal.

[How do you...ask...this...]

Is Milly all right?

[feistytrader]

...She's a little freaked out, but she's alright. It's the other Millies that didn't make it out okay.

[preybeforemeals]

Did you find out who was responsible?

[...Do you want something done to them?]

[feistytrader]

...Yeah, but I...

[...]

They didn't mess with Milly, even though they could have blown her up. And they said they wouldn't mess with the other Millies and will blow up some other monsters instead.

[preybeforemeals]

...At risk of asking something crude, did someone feed them dynamite?

[Seriously, this has been bothering him since yesterday, what the hell- ]

[feistytrader]

...I don't think so? I'm pretty sure it was magic... Well, no. It was science? But in a magicy way.

...

I didn't see it, I don't know.

[preybeforemeals]

[...Well, that gets the feelings sent over the crystal to go rather cold for a second.]

It wasn't the alchemists again, was it?

[feistytrader]

It wasn't the guys in the news.

[Tsukiyama you just got messed up, please don't go and get blown up too--]

[preybeforemeals]

Good to know, Silver-kun, but that isn't what I asked.

[...]

...I can't stop you from doing what you want, you know that. But it's best to not associate with people like that, I'm sure that goes without saying.

[feistytrader]

...Thanks for saying it anyway.

[There are people he shouldn't associate with, and that's a lesson he really needs to learn. Kimbley made no secret out of exactly what he was, but that doesn't mean that...

...He didn't have to spare Milly.]

[preybeforemeals]

[...Silver, what is he supposed to do with you.]

Did they tell you why they did it?

[feistytrader]

That's just what they do. They kill people. Right now, they're killing monsters because no one cares about them, I think?

[Some irritation starts to seep through as he thinks about it.]

I don't like it, but I... I don't think this is worth starting a fight over. Not when my Pokémon could get blown up in the process. [...] Or my friends. Milla was ready to beat them up when I mentioned it.

I don't want anyone I care about to get hurt.

[Which is why he's hesitant to tell Tsukiyama anything, too.]

[preybeforemeals]

...I understand.

[And he does, and that's the thing, really; killing people for the hell of it isn't something he's unfamiliar with. Sure, survival can be argued, but that's never really been all it is for him.]

Just be careful with what you do around them, all right?

[feistytrader]

I will. I'll keep my guard up.

[...But the topic leaves a bad taste in his mouth, and besides, there's something he's been meaning to ask.]

How have you been doing, Tsukiyama?

[preybeforemeals]

What...?

[...Holy sudden topic change, Batman, hang on.]

I've been doing just fine, actually - much better than before, at any rate.

[feistytrader]

Have you eaten?

[WE ARE DONE WITH CENTIPEDES AND NOW STRICTLY ON OPERATION FUSS OVER TSUKIYAMA]

[preybeforemeals]

[SILVER, NO

SILVER WHY]

...The less I tell you about that the better, just in general.

But yes, I have.

[feistytrader]

That's fine, I was just- you looked pretty sick before. I was worried about you.

[...]

I'm glad you feel better.

[preybeforemeals]

[...Oh.]

Thank you, by the way, for assisting with all of that when I wasn't feeling well.

[THE...MUSHROOMS AND STUFF...]

[feistytrader]

I didn't really do much...

Oh, wait, you mean the mushrooms? No problem. Those are easy to gather. I'm just glad they helped.

[preybeforemeals]

Well, they definitely did, particularly as they didn't have to be ingested like that.

They were a little strong, but they did what they were meant to do.

[feistytrader]

They're a little too strong, if you ask me.

[...He might have had a really embarrassing talk with Black.]

At least you didn't try the sadness ones. Those ones are awful.

[preybeforemeals]

Oh...?

[Thankfully, Tsukiyama was a little too out of it to register the crazy person on the network talking about chemically manufactured sadness, but- ]

Did you just...decide to play with these things one day, or...?

[feistytrader]

There was a task board job for them.

[...]

I mean, the job was about cultivating them so they could be neutralized or something, but using them for their emotional effects sounded like a better idea.

[preybeforemeals]

...I would say "as long as it makes you happy," but it sounds like it did the exact opposite of that.

[WHY]