"When he was badly injured during the Khan invasion," Adia adds, and Caspar lets out a quiet "ah" of recognition in response. He's heard plenty about the Khan invasion, in all its lurid detail, although he always paid more attention to how a certain psychopath took advantage of the mayhem that Khan brought to the Nexus.
"Didn't realize you had changed in the interim," he says, shrugging a shoulder in apology for bringing it up in the first place. "Wouldn't have minded an upgrade for myself, personally, but... yeah. That's hard to get used to."
And then he's content to let the subject drop -- ha and Adia both -- as they watch the pokémon play together. It puts a smile on Adia's face and takes some of the tension out of Caspar's shoulders.
Sarah is tagged first, burning out all her energy early on as predicted. Zelus flutters his wings once or twice, getting a little bit of lift in hi hops -- not cheating! But Ethel tags him anyway when he doesn't hop out of the way fast enough. Tepig lasts another minute or two before she misjudges the space under a bush and is tagged while trying to squirm away. Ethel lifts her head and lets out a triumphant, metallic cry. The Shieldon is once again champion!
"We should be heading back," Adia says, once the game is over. "Caspar needs to return Tepig to Professor Madrone's lab and I should talk to him about setting up some space for Zelus."
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Date: 2018-07-24 03:40 pm (UTC)"Didn't realize you had changed in the interim," he says, shrugging a shoulder in apology for bringing it up in the first place. "Wouldn't have minded an upgrade for myself, personally, but... yeah. That's hard to get used to."
And then he's content to let the subject drop -- ha and Adia both -- as they watch the pokémon play together. It puts a smile on Adia's face and takes some of the tension out of Caspar's shoulders.
Sarah is tagged first, burning out all her energy early on as predicted. Zelus flutters his wings once or twice, getting a little bit of lift in hi hops -- not cheating! But Ethel tags him anyway when he doesn't hop out of the way fast enough. Tepig lasts another minute or two before she misjudges the space under a bush and is tagged while trying to squirm away. Ethel lifts her head and lets out a triumphant, metallic cry. The Shieldon is once again champion!
"We should be heading back," Adia says, once the game is over. "Caspar needs to return Tepig to Professor Madrone's lab and I should talk to him about setting up some space for Zelus."