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Nip shot Cynthian a brief, incredulous look. Was he trying to provoke Maple? He could only hope that wasn't the case. Still, there was something that bothered him about Maple's explanation. "Just to be clear, you have no clue who attacked you? How long ago was this?"

Wait no Starr why would you- Nip had no time to try and soften her words with platitudes. Fortunately, Maple kept true to her word. They were left alone. For now. "I feel like I should be surprised," Nip said. "But somehow... I'm not."

Even if Nip still had his reservations with Diyem, he had to admit that he had a point. A little time to spin a story went a long way, and if he could convince pokemon he'd never met that he was on a religious journey, he didn't want to know what Maple could come up with if she had a whole day...

"I have no clue what 'Rocket' means, but I'll take your word for it." Nip turned his head to look back at the machine. "We still don't know how this got here, though. Stuff from your world. Or a world like yours, at least."Nip grumbled, shaking his head. "And with the uh... what was it called, a...

"We don't have anything like that either," Nip added before hesitating. "...as far as I'm aware of. There is a lot of world history that was... lost, or otherwise scattered."

"It definitely looks like writing," Nip agreed. "It reminds me a bit of the written language my kin use for records territory markings. But... these are more complex shapes. I can't read it myself. You'll have to explain. Is it something... particularly bad?"

Nip noticed a subtle shift in the deino's body language, but before he had a chance to work out what it meant, Starr arrived. And then Maple emerged from inside, which meant that any questions would have to wait. Along with the others, he followed her deeper into the building. "I'm afraid I may...

Lucky for Nip, the location in question wasn't hard to find. If he thought the other parts of Destiny Village felt unnatural, the perfect cube stuck out out like a sore paw. Two pokemon from the team — a deino that he barely knew and the roselia that he knew only better, were waiting outside...