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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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[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Oh, it most certainly can. It does.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

How?

[ She can understand that mindset, but she'd like to see how he sees it. ]

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Without strength of mind, strength of body will only get you so far. Often, not far enough.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Is it being mentally... healthy? Is that it or would there be more?

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

... Hmm. That is certainly important, especially depending on how you wish to use your strength.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

I'd want to use that strength to protect my friends. [ That includes Pokemon, too! ]

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Brute force alone will not help you, then.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

It won't?

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

No, unless you are the sort who prefers to act without thinking.

... And even then, things have a tendency not to end so well.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ ... derp on that one. ]

Then what kind of strength?

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Determination would probably qualify. Caution too.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Did the training you had before taught you something like that?

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

... Yes.

[Though it certainly wasn't with the same goal Xion has in mind.]

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

And for how long?

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Over the span of... many years.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

I guess that's it, then. I need to have more experience, and maybe... hmm.

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

"Maybe"?

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll know better if... if I fall into another situation like that.

[ That "if" should really be a "when." ]

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

...

Good luck, young miss.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Oh, I don't think I got your name before-- I'm Xion.

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

[Huh. He's heard stranger names here.] My name is John Doe.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

John... Doe? Okay. It was nice talking with you, John Doe.