[His gaze lingers on her as she speaks. Her words resonate with him a little oddly, and there's a weird pull of defiance in him, but that's likely just his natural need to be contrary. So, instead he nods.
It seems like it's getting a little easier to curb it around Lucina, but maybe it's because the things she present aren't so inflammatory to his beliefs and values...at least as of late. There's a lot of changes that seem to be getting swung into motion, even if he abhors the idea of changing. The world needs to change, not him. Yet, it feels like things are starting to shift within him. Even if subtle and seemingly negligible. But even an avalanche can start from a single pebble being displaced.
Like Lucina, his gaze falls to Masquerain in his arms, the bug totally passed out at this point. There's a weird flutter in his chest as she talks about his Pokémon. It's one thing to consider something worthwhile for him, but she always has room for them too, in her considerations. It's something that really resonates with him, something he appreciates about her...]
...They don't hate it here, but the lack of Pokémon can't be great for them. I bet it gets pretty lonely.
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It seems like it's getting a little easier to curb it around Lucina, but maybe it's because the things she present aren't so inflammatory to his beliefs and values...at least as of late. There's a lot of changes that seem to be getting swung into motion, even if he abhors the idea of changing. The world needs to change, not him. Yet, it feels like things are starting to shift within him. Even if subtle and seemingly negligible. But even an avalanche can start from a single pebble being displaced.
Like Lucina, his gaze falls to Masquerain in his arms, the bug totally passed out at this point. There's a weird flutter in his chest as she talks about his Pokémon. It's one thing to consider something worthwhile for him, but she always has room for them too, in her considerations. It's something that really resonates with him, something he appreciates about her...]
...They don't hate it here, but the lack of Pokémon can't be great for them. I bet it gets pretty lonely.
[He worries that it is, anyway.]