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"Ohh right. Yeah. They'd go bankrupt." He probably should have realized that. It was kind of, you know, the point of his joke. Wes just seemed so normal it was easy to forget he wouldn't know about stuff like that. In retrospect, Wes knowing enough about people like him to be cool with it was...

"Ah. I see," Gladion said, wincing. "Yep I've heard of Orre... Never really heard it described like that before, but I guess basic survival needs can deprioritize things like being too involved in unrelated people's business. Y'could probably make a marketing spin out of that." He parted the...

Gladion's face reddened slightly, despite the chilly air from the cave. Despite him probably needing to talk about this with someone, he didn't know what to say and he doubly didn't want to go dumping that all on a friend he'd just recently made. He was an awkward enough person already...

Gladion gave himself permission to laugh a little, even though he still found his sentence a little awkward. "Similar myself. No idea where I'd be without Hazel. That's not even to mention all the other people along the way. Wouldn't have gotten out of boat jail as a minor without help. In which...

“Ah.” There had to be something more to it than that, but he wasn’t going to dig if Wes didn’t want to share. He just had to find something else to say. “Well. I’ve always figured blood relatives aren’t what makes family anyway.” He sighed. “…That sounded way less sappy before I said it out...

“I’m inclined to agree, it was. Of the family I had there… I wouldn’t spit on my mother if she was on fire. My father’s dead-“ Wait, I just told him the same of the BKP project head. Oops. “And my sister… twin sister… I haven’t spoken to her since I left, and that was four years ago. She...

Gladion nodded. “It was an artificial metal ‘island’ of sorts. Exorbitantly expensive to build, but free from any political jurisdictions, since it’s not really in a country per se. It’s where I grew up… I don’t miss it, exactly. For a number of reasons.” Gladion had seen a number of reactions...

“Thank you…” Hazel whispered. She didn’t really believe that the other Hazel would be able to follow her to her own world to deliver such a thing. It seemed too good to be true. Still, she appreciated the sentiment. Once the finished dancing, she pulled the other Hazel into a hug. “Thank you...

Hazel spun around, being more careful not to lose her balance this time. "That is fun. I am moving so freely like this... Being human comes with so many different feelings, does it not? Or, maybe they are all familiar to you already. In that case, thank you for letting me try it, too. You are...

Gladion laughed. "Did what I could. Stole enough money to keep me going until I was legally employable. Nobody got any sleep that night after all the alarms I set off stealing a boat. But the whole thing was set up on a ship filled with critically endangered species for conservation, which'd all...

Hazel laughed as her dance partner spun. But, just as when she'd tried it herself upon first entering Odette's body, the other Hazel began to fall. Her arm shot out on reflex to catch her partner and pull her back up before they could fall. Even with her reflexes dulled in Gladion's body, she...

Hazel huffed. "Like that, but with a brain. And not so... disfigured. A normal bird..." A distant look crossed her face. "I think that is a good idea for a project. Being able to trade into other bodies nicely would be lovely. Then we could be doing things like dancing whenever we pleased." It...

Hazel noticed Wes making eye contact with her. She looked back into his eyes and waved. She'd heard humans considered eye contact polite, but most people didn't extend that to her. Wes must be nice. That was no surprise to her, though, since she already knew that Gladion liked him. "You know...

Hazel sat down on her stomach to be level with Neo, Novo, and Wes' crouch. She touched Novo’s muzzle with her helmet. Gladion laughed. “Yeah. I’d be surprised if you had. She… doesn’t occur in nature. She was created, but things went wrong. I rescued her. Or stole her, depending on who you...

“I think Gladion would not be happy with me if I was calling his body cute-” Gladion rolled his eyes and grumbled. Hazel paused to laugh before continuing. “-but it is certainly less scary than mine. And it is very much less constrained than mine is, too. I would be very happy to be a human, I...

Hazel broke out in a grin. “Well, even if I am not having her muscle’s memories anymore, I’m sure we could be figuring something out.” She tilted her head as Hazel described her experiences. They were very different from her own… “My engineering was all done before I was made. I am having...

Hazel sat down cross-legged on the sand of the cove and dug her fingers into the sand. It felt nice. Humans felt things so much more than she did. Due to the pain of the shadow explosion, she knew it wasn’t always a good thing, but she was going to take her chance to appreciate the nice side...

Conversation With: Wes Good to hear. Mountain makes sense, Hazel and I'll be there in a moment. Speaking of, not sure you've really seen her yet, given the circumstances we met under. Don't let her look frighten you, she's a sweetheart. As he got close to the mountains, before seeing Wes...

Hazel came bounding up to the three of them and lay down in front of Manaphy. She cooed at the other Hazel. A moment later, Gladion followed, seeming far less enthusiastic. He sighed. If there was anyone here he'd trust his body to, it would be Hazel. She wouldn't even know what was unusual...

Conversation With: Hazel (Not that one) Hazel's interested enough that I can't really say no in good consciousness. Good luck getting permission after that whole thing last time. Hopefully it works out.