captainash | 39th treasure [audio]

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39th treasure [audio]

Everyone, my team has a question and demands an answer. Think about it carefully.

[The team in question can be heard, yipping and meowing and squawking animatedly. But that all stops the moment Ash takes a deep breath and speaks again.]

...Which are better: dogs, cats, or birds?

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Yes... Though once some of my Pokémon evolve, they can just help me carry my stuff.

Is that so? Were they carefully selected to have the most useful number of limbs possible, along with enough strength for at least a few bags?

Actually, I just picked ones I thought were cute! I have a Pupitar that'll be a Tyranitar soon, so he'll be my biggest one next to my Empoleon.

You favor the cuter species? Let me warn you away from Glameow, then. They look like adorable kitties at first, but their sweet looks hide a violent disposition and a terrifying evolution.

I have almost all of the Eeveelutions, so I adore cute. And Glameows are mean? But... well, I guess cute things are dangerous is really true then~ I must be terrifying!

I know I'd be terrified of a cute girl pulling out a Tyranitar in the middle of a friendly match. Especially against my poor, innocent puppies and kitties.

Kanji is a sweetheart! He probably would rather play tag with them instead of actually battling. My cute little Nanako would wipe the floor with them, though. Meowstic's can be pretty scary.

But does that strength come from the cuteness, the cat-ness, or the immeasurable psychic powers?

... probably from how overprotective she is of me.

...Overprotectiveness, the ultimate motivator. Does she use it against prospective team members, too?

Not really. I haven't caught Pokémon in months. Almost all of them were eggs I got or ones that were left behind to me by others...

I guess attacking an egg or a recently-bereaved Pokémon would be crossing a line, overprotective or not.

Yeah. But she does like a lot of them!

That's good to hear. Does her protectiveness extend to them, too?

Yup! She's like the daddy and Himiko is like the mommy to them all.

Wouldn't that make you the doting grandmother, always willing to offer affection or a treat?

Hmm... I guess so. But I'm way too young to be a grandma.

Consider this a practice run for when you'll need it in forty years or so, then. Or a side effect of early adoption.

Practice makes perfect. Even if I don't remember any of this when I go back home.

There's always muscle memory. The moves you need to catch a cat jumping off a bookshelf, to pick up a rat crying over a stubbed toe...

That's true. It'll probably be weird, but it'll probably feel right, too.

Like riding a bike after ten years, or dancing along to a song that was popular twenty years ago.

Mmm... that does make sense. I won't know till I go back home!

It might take a while for you to find out, then. That's more time for practice.

Right! I'll be the most versatile idol ever.