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Celeste put down the book he was reading and checked his badge. What does "assess my combat readiness" mean? Celeste poked into what he thought was the right training room, and saw Brisa warming up there. Phew, he'd half expected to go to the wrong room. "Hello, Brisa. What is it you have in...

Gladion didn't entirely understand why faking amnesia would be desirable in the first place, much less faking humanity. Still, something about the ridiculousness of the entire concept made him consider preemptively executing step three of the plan out of spite, but he figured it might be useful...

Once night fell, Gladion had to face the idea of meeting people on his own, seeing as he and Nero were assigned different rooms. He entered the house in as subtly as a two meter tall chimera could hope to. He caught a glimpse of an unidentifiable white-furred roommate there already. He wanted to...

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Logging 2 hours of contest writing (I should sprint more. Most of the actual words written were from the half-hour sprint I did yesterday.)

"I'll be fine," Lillie responded. Hopefully this doesn't keep happening, though. "Just... A little more caution would serve you well. I think you meant that as a compliment, but... it was something I was not doing. Which is more like constructive criticism. I... get enough of that already."

"Yeah, well, I appreciate the thought," she halfheartedly murmured. "I get that you're happy-go-lucky enough to be fine with this, but current events haven't left me in a particularly smily mood. I don't care to fake it at the moment, either."

"Conservation work is different from just being a doctor. Mimikyu are one of the species we're supposed to be conserving, what am I going to do, conserve myse-?" "It's funny," Lillie hissed, "For all your criticism of my mother, you sure are sounding a lot like her right now..." I don't care...

Lillie laughed. "I'm glad you believe in me, then, but..." She shifted nervously. "Well, either way, I can't do it as a Mimikyu, so I don't need to worry about it right now." That was another consolation prize of this situation. She didn't have to worry about all human stuff. Maybe... this...

"Thanks, but... There's only so much that can do." Especially when I don't know what to focus on. She wondered how blunt to be with him. He was only trying to help, even if it wasn't very helpful. "If it was that easy, I wouldn't have this problem."

How was she supposed to explain this to a Zoroark? Especially one as dense as this guy? "It's not about having a 'good heart' or not. It's not just the thought that counts here! I can't restore populations with The Power of Friendship and Positive Thinking. It takes a certain kind of person. A...

Lillie nodded. "Yes, human tech is quite impressive. My bag should have some of it, wherever it ended up. Any trainer can use a spray bottle, but the long-term rehabilitation is more difficult, and the conservation of at-risk species even moreso. It's complicated than just being nice." For me...

"I want to..." She paused for a moment. "Uhh, context: The pokemon in my world don't talk, or build and live in towns, and they certainly don't have things like reviver seeds." She wasn't sure if conservation would be seen as weird in this world. Still, there was no backing down now that she'd...

"I struggle to be a functional member of society. Yes, my mother wants me to be functional." Lillie grumbled, not sure if she was irritated with Kora or herself. "But that's because she cares about me, not because she's taken over my life."

"I see," Lillie murmured, trying not to think too hard about how familiar that felt to her. Her father hadn't been like that, at least. "They... choose to stay? Have any of them... told you why?" No. Don't think like that. You'd be stuck as a Mimikyu. Imagine trying to live the rest of your...

"We have a responsibility," Lillie recited. "She doesn't just put pressure on me for her own sadistic pleasure. It's just the world I was born into. I guess in worlds like this one or yours, anyone can run off and do whatever they please. In my world, I have a duty." Maybe I'd just be better...

Lillie paused. "I guess." She stopped to think for a moment. She felt like that didn't apply to her. "But my Mother wasn't raising me to be baker or a hero. It was the kind of thing you need to learn from a young age. And it was important. Someone had to do it, and my, uhh, brother... he left...

Lillie let out a humourless laugh. Good at keeping calm, am I? "Yes. Keeping an even keel something that I've been taught by Mother. Part of the reason I am as functional as I am. Would it be right of me to throw that away in favour of whatever kind of dysfunctional mess suits me?"

Wow, that last bit was really... hard to parse. Aside from that Lee was indeed a jerk. "I don't think I'll take any advice from him on how to be a responsible person. Sounds like talking advice on being kind to Corsola from a Mareanie."

"Well, she wanted me to be an adult. I can't just avoid that." Lillie sighed. "I know you want to me be in the right... and I appreciate it. But it's more complicated than that."