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Curio snickered at this back and forth. She couldn't think of much else to add since it was perfect on its own. "I guess I've lived for 12 years, give or take a year. But I feel like one of those twenty-somethings, if that makes sense."

"Yanno what, it's kind of hard to kiss with this schnozz of mine in the way." She gestured to her big nose. "Like, why didn't they give me the jaw to go with it?"

“Wow, Brisa, you could probably cook an egg on your head since you look so red,” Curio said. “And Starr, you’re gonna embarrass her to death one day.”

"Ah, we're just yankin' your tail," Curio said, chuckling. She dug into another meat skewer. "I guess I haven't really kissed a gal either. Not that I mind that or anythin', I'm just not really much of a romantic gal."

"Pucker up, Brisa," Curio said in a joking tone.

Curio swallowed the rest of the kebab before she replied. "Oh, so you two did fight before you got sucked into the Reverse World. That makes a lot more sense now. I don't know what you two were squabblin' about, since I guess that's why you seem so awkward, but it's not like infighting is...

"Waith, whath figthhhh?" Curio said, not even pretending to swallow all of her food before she spoke.

“Yup, exactomundo.”

"Oh," Curio whispered. Well, shit, that was a hard thing to take back. What an idiot. "Sorry 'bout that, you two. Still, I'm glad the both of you are back here." She dug into her meat skewer, trying to sate either the hunger or the guilt in her gut.

"Yeah, I did. I don't think it's a Mewtwo from this world. He was from another world with humans in it, and somehow he ended up here. He goes by Karat, by the way." She drew in a quick breath. "Mewtwo doesn't exist in my world since there was no DNA experimentation and shit. I only ever saw him...

"Damn." Curio sighed. "Sorry, it hurts to hear you lost all hope down there." She turned to Starr. "And good on you for not takin' up her offer. I wouldn't forgive you if you did."

Curio was halfway in between a meat skewer when Brisa asked that question. Usually, she didn't bother stopping to talk -- people told her she had a habit of eating with her mouth full. But she wanted to be serious about her answer, so she swallowed and cleared her throat. "Oh c'mon, don't be...

"That..." Curio squinted at Dave, trying to parse what she just heard. "That kind of makes no goddamn sense to me." She chugged her soft drink, but she was craving a really bitter one at this point. "Okay, so in my world, they apparently evolved pretty closely to humans. Maybe not exactly, but...

"Yeah, fairly recent, I'd say by a couple of hundred years, give or take. But it's been a slow burn, apparently. I don't know the whole story, but I've heard more people are looking into the history of it all. I reckon it's always been a result of us mixing with other Pokemon and humans, since...

“Well, that’s also kind of how it is to some extent. I like a good fight just as much as the next Pokemon, and my natural way of speaking is kind of gimped. Lemme try saying it in my native tongue.” She tried to say ‘why am I talking politics with a hyena pup’, or at least a phrase equivalent to...

"Well, Jean sounds adorable." What was it with Vulpixes being so darned cute? "And I'd hate having to babysit a ghost. One ice type was enough." "Well, that fucking sucks. I assume these morphs are just the same as your run-of-the-mill humans, but in a different coat of paint and maybe with a...

She felt that. "No shit. But tell that to people who have too much money and power to care. But anyway, if I told you any more, I'd have to go through a whole bottle of whiskey first, and I kind of don't want that, so, yeah..." Curio awkwardly tapped her claws on the bar counter. "I swear I'm...

"Well, that's the understatement of the century there." Dave got her there. She clutched her arm, trying her best not to dredge up those memories again. "I don't wanna talk about that part. Just thinking about it makes me sick. I just wondered if it was ever a thing in your world. It would be...

"Right, right." Curio eyed all the drinks in the bar. Dammit, she wasn't going to go for one this time. And besides, what Dave told her was much more reasonable than she first thought, but that didn't make it sting even less. "Sorry, I've just had some bad experiences, okay? Dads haven't exactly...

“Stuck with these kids? You brought them into this world knowing you would’ve ended up with hybrids, and I sure as hell hope you raised them right as well.” Her tone was a bit more severe there. Curio had to catch herself before she flew off the handle again. “Sorry, I’m not trying to poopoo...