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[ordalias]

[ She's been contemplating this, yes, ever since she got her ass handed back to her by Vanitas. She's lost, sure, many times in fact... but this one in particular... ]

How... when do you know you're strong? That you're not weak?

[ She might end that last sentence in a bitter hiss. Sure, she's lost, but when it involves her friends (and Pokemon), it becomes another thing. She couldn't beat Vanitas, came out even more battered, and well aware her appearance would worry friends. So lately she's been hanging around the roof of Goldenrod City's Department Store.

It sounds like she's going to say more, but whatever it is dissolves into a sigh and stops. ]

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She's silent, taking in all of his words and somehow... understanding him. She doesn't like it, but she understands at least some of the things he's saying.

Still. ]

That may be what you think, and that's yours alone... But it's my decision whether or not to accept it.

I don't.

[ Oh, she sounds calmer now, too. Besides, she's heard much worse than what he's currently spouting now. ]

I'll get stronger. It's a "rare case," but it still happens, doesn't it?

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[sciencebipches.livejournal.com]

It's not what I think, it's what I know. if you choose delusions ower reality, then whatewer, it's hardly my job anymore to lead the deluded outta their obscured paths a the untruth.

[A laugh, however dry.]

I said there are rare cases, yeah, but you hawe to hawe the potential first, and you hawe none.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

And?

[ There's challenge in her tone, but then it fades away into a sort of... sardonic scoff. ]

Actually... thanks.

[audio] 1/2 Sorry for the late tag!

[sciencebipches.livejournal.com]

[Silence.]

[audio] 2/2

[sciencebipches.livejournal.com]

Why?

[He sounds genuinely curious, as if he can't really fathom any reason as to WHY she'd be thanking him right now.]

[audio] no worries about being late!

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

You've given me motivation.

[ Said like it's so simple. ]

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[sciencebipches.livejournal.com]

Motiwation? Pfft, it'll be a pointless endeawor.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

It's pointless, anyway, if I don't do anything.