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[apaintingdarkly]

I'm sure you're all excited about this return to normalcy, if that's what it is, but I still have one question for our new lord and master.

Worlds like this one don't revive on their own, not from the inside. The power has to come from somewhere - usually someone. Someone human, in the real world.

So: Who rejuvenated this one?

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[apaintingdarkly]

They think I'm one of them. I'm a very good parasite.

[150th]

Then none of them have ever known your true nature?

[apaintingdarkly]

My hosts have had some idea, but I don't think even my creator really knew what he had made.

[150th]

Do you prefer this?

[apaintingdarkly]

As opposed to what? Being made into a science experiment?

[150th]

You should not have to be secret to remain unharmed.

[apaintingdarkly]

Don't be naive.

[150th]

I know what cruelties humans can inflict in the name of curiosity.

I did not mean to insult you.

[apaintingdarkly]

Why don't you just talk?

[150th]

[This throws Mewtwo. Huh?]

I do not understand.

[apaintingdarkly]

Why are you texting?

[150th]

My psychic powers do not extend through these devices.

[Then, to clarify, even though no one from its own world would ever need this explained:]

Pokémon do not speak.

[apaintingdarkly]

What's a pokemon?

[150th]

I am a Pokémon. We are creatures that populate my world, as varied as animals - but more intelligent, and with elemental powers that are used in battle.

[apaintingdarkly]

In battle? Like soldiers?

[150th]

Soldiers may choose when and who to fight. Pokémon are used by humans as weapons, or are made to fight by them for sport.

[apaintingdarkly]

Like dogs. That's pretty messed up.

[150th]

Except that we are not animals. We have souls.

[apaintingdarkly]

How do you know that?

[150th]

I think. I speak. I discover, and I learn. I am as much a person as any human.

[apaintingdarkly]

[ Dark disagrees with that logic, but it's not his place to tell this poor bastard he doesn't have a soul. ]

Sounds reasonable.

[150th]

You doubt me.

[apaintingdarkly]

What would I know about souls?

[ He's pretty sure he doesn't have one either. ]

[150th]

That is something you would know. We have only just met.

[apaintingdarkly]

Then it doesn't matter now, does it?