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"You too," she said. Both the vulpix she'd met here were so different from Pixie. More intelligent, yes, but also more human. Even when she evolved and got a lot smarter, she'd still be a very smart fox with a fox's worldview. Despite having the bodies of pokemon, everyone here seemed to be in a...

"I... I didn't mean for it to happen. It seemed harmless at the time. Then everything got out of hand far, far too quickly." Inner light. Heh. She had that, now. Just a few days ago she'd been so concerned that she needed to apologize to Starr and make everything right but, really, she'd never...

The first thing she noticed was the spike of cold rushing down her body, feeling more like a burn than a chill. Then it settles down to a temperature that's less uncomfortable. Almost balanced by the warmth of the fur. Cuicatl slowly relaxed and leaned into the touch. Was this what cuddling Pix...

"They'd get over it quickly enough. My mom and brother are dead, my dad doesn't care, my sister is strong enough to take care of herself. My daughter is... young. Three moons old. Maybe she won't even remember me in a year or two. Her dad's alive and there's no shortage of people who would take...

“I guess.” And she did miss them, in a fashion. She missed her Pokémon’s antics, and her mom’s team, and even sort of Kekoa. And she really missed her brother. “But I still want to stay here,” she half-whispered. “Does that make me a terrible person?”

Great. A reminder that she was also twisting the knife in Pix’s abandonment issues. She wanted to just lie on the ground and do nothing forever, but when she did stuff like that people got concerned and started giving her attention that she didn’t deserve. “Just thinking about home.”

Cuicatl stumbled into the strange scents of the marketplace. Her steps slowed and eventually she stopped altogether, losing the will to walk. She plopped down without a shred of grace. A small part of her noted that she barely felt the fall, especially compared to the pain of every trip back...

"I will, Icetails. Thank you." And she probalby would. It wasn't exactly healthy to deal with missing someone by latching onto a member of the same species, but Cuicatl had never really cared if her coping habits were healthy or not. If they got her through the day, they were just fine by her...

“Last time I just stayed back and helped strategize or encourage the others. It’s what I used to do as a human, since I was small and weak, even for my species. And blind. Most humans aren’t. The time before I just rushed in and attacked. That’s what most deino do... I think I might hold off on...

"Well, so long as you're careful, I guess there shouldn't be problems." And ignoring the... mechanics... of the move, it is a good trick for a disruptor. Especially a scent/pheromone-based one. "And the last one sounds like a useful book, yeah."

Cuicatl had thoughts on the flower learning attract. None she would say outright. "Disruption is a good tactic against stronger opponents. Just... make sure that it isn't disrupting our side as well." And on flash cannon... hmm. She'd never heard of a deino using it. Not exactly. Stories about...

Right. No audiobooks here. Maybe? She had a smart phone in her bag. “Hmm. There might be something that reads books for me. There was in my world. If not, though, that’s very kind. My sister already taught me about the hydreigon before her, but it would help to know about... gods, history...

“Reading could help,” Cuicatl murmured, more to herself than anyone. “Ninetales are smart. One might’ve wrote about their own adventures. That would have potential strategies and weaknesses. Not sure how you’d write without thumbs, though... And for both of you, first you’d have to figure out...

“My name is Cuicatl Ichtaca.” She couldn’t help but smile. She’d never really thought about Pix talking like that, but it would be a good match for her pride. “And, yes, I am a human. I’m told that a few people here are from worlds where we’ve been extinct for a long time, but many of us used to...

Hmm. Maybe not a former human, then. If anything it sounded like she might be from a world where humans aren't known at all. Or she somehow missed the lecture that half the pokemon here didn't used to be that way. "I'm a former human. One of my partners was a vulpix. I helped her get stronger...

Cuicatl entered the marketplace. Her conversation with Starr had gone well after the initial awkwardness. Astrid-induced awkwardness. Something to keep in mind in the future. She would need to deal with the two separately until she could figure out what was going on there. The next order of...

Useful directions? That can’t be allowed. Deino were naturally nocturnal, but Cuicatl was tired nonetheless. A difference on this world? Either way, a problem for morning. She started walking along the path Astrid gave her.

“It’s fine! Really! She doesn’t need to get in trouble!” Cuicatl had read about cinccino before. When they first came to Ula’Ula, the foxes didn’t know what to do with other white and fluffy pokemon. They settled on war. Knowing Pixie, it made perfect sense.

"You could make a map of this world, if it helps. Could pass the time. And teammates? I don't think you told me about them."

“Well, we aren’t all blind. Just some of us. It’s not like with deino.” “And the danger sense sounds useful. Does it work for, like, tripping and stuff?” Cuicatl would’ve hurt herself a lot less with a disaster sense. She still would.