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Yeah, Astrid wasn't even trying to pretend that she didn't feel totally awkward. Served her right for sticking her nose into obviously uncomfortable shit. She made up some BS excuse to get out of there as soon as possible, and Starr felt a weird mixture of self-satisfaction and frustration at...

Starr shrugged. "Well if they're not scared, then they better be. We've been winning these fights on sheer numbers alone. Imagine once we get some real firepower." There was a comforting simplicity to their missions here. Beat down the problems until they go away. Easy. She hadn't really...

Cuicatl had noticeably brightened with that one. Though there was an odd twinge of sadness at the end that Starr couldn't quite place. Now Astrid was laughing too. Thank god, she did know how to chill the fuck out. "Your sis taught you dragonspeak? Pretty badass. Also I feel like I should...

Starr relaxed slightly. Right... Cuicatl was a trainer too. That was one thing they had in common at least. "Yeah, water-type. As a kid, I wanted to be a water-type specialist. Didn't really work out, but I'm glad I chose her." There was a pause. "Glad she chose me too." Starr pawed at...

Okay, there was no way she was not trying to make this worse, what the actual hell. She wanted to sit there and look all miserable like she was the one with the problem here? Fine. And Starr was about two seconds away from from saying all that when Cuicatl spoke up-- Thank god Cuicatl could...

Oh my god, did this girl ever stop apologizing for things. How did she manage to look so pathetic. It was aggravating. Starr wanted to make it stop immediately. Starr walked over to Cuicatl. "Look, it's... it's whatever," she said, awkwardly patting the dragon's fluffy shoulder. "I get it...

Starr gaped at the Deino, utterly baffled. "What." Was it normal for Pokemon to ask that to people they barely even--Cuicatl was human(????) "Yeah, I dunno if that's a normal thing to ask where you're from, but..." She lost her train of thought. It wasn't even like she didn't want... It was...

Oh my GOD, for how nervous these two were, they sure didn't know when the hell to lay off. But no, Cuicatl was sitting there like Starr had kicked her puppy, and the Vul... no, enough of that... Astrid was putting on some kind of stupid fake puzzled act. And Starr really, really wanted to...

Geez, now the Vulpix was nervous to be around her too. Why was everyone nervous around her. They didn't even know anything about her, they didn't have any reason to... "Hey," Starr said, making an obvious effort to sound indifferent. "It's fine, you're not interrupting much."

Starr gave a small half-glance toward the Vulpix. "Not really."

What? That conversation had happened way before Starr had run away. A bunch of other Pokemon came and went, and then... Dammit. And now the Vulpix was here too, and she'd wanna know. Starr turned away brusquely. "That had nothing to do with you," she said to Cuicatl. "It was just some...

Starr froze. Great. It was her. The Vulpix probably still thought that she was completely insane after the way that she bolted away from the beach for no goddamn reason, and Starr had been avoiding her ever since because she felt like a huge moron. All because of the stupid, irrational...

So Cuicatl wanted to talk, huh. Said it was important. Not like that wasn't ominous or anything. Still, probably best to meet with her. Starr didn't... think Cuicatl had anything against her. Probably? She really couldn't remember that much from their conversation on the beach two weeks...

Fuck. Of course the universe had to punish them for actually doing well. Why the hell did Starr let herself feel optimistic about things? At least she'd managed to avoid the worst of the counterattack. Or maybe Sashimi just hadn't noticed her since she'd mostly hung in the back, hurling seeds...

This was ridiculous. Absolutely, completely ridiculous, in every way. But somehow, Starr felt like she was past the point of caring. They had the numbers--pure and simple. Her squads had faced legends back home, and that was something that people had said couldn't be done. Compared that...