[This does earn a very genuine and unusually warm smile from the boy. Even the tension that tightened his already disciplined and very proud posture seemed to ebb away, if only for a moment.]
... I'm glad.
[Even the words are softly breathed.
Although he seemed to restore his defenses shortly after, he was undeniably touched by those words.]
Forgive me, Apep.
... you'd be surprised. Or maybe, you wouldn't be, Wolf. You mentioned that the night we met, didn't you? Others here aren't so accepting of your nature.
The way humans here look down on other creatures is unthinkable. They might not be as easy to understand as Pokemon, but... I guess I began to think all non-trainers were the same. Sorry, I shouldn't have.
We have more in common than the others.
[These replies are coming too easily and his annoyance with other humans, too, is as genuine as his appreciation for Dio's apparent respectful handling of Apep. If he had implied anything else, it's possible he's forgotten that point in the midst of this discussion.]
[oops, his weak spot]
... I'm glad.
[Even the words are softly breathed.
Although he seemed to restore his defenses shortly after, he was undeniably touched by those words.]
Forgive me, Apep.
... you'd be surprised. Or maybe, you wouldn't be, Wolf. You mentioned that the night we met, didn't you? Others here aren't so accepting of your nature.
The way humans here look down on other creatures is unthinkable. They might not be as easy to understand as Pokemon, but... I guess I began to think all non-trainers were the same. Sorry, I shouldn't have.
We have more in common than the others.
[These replies are coming too easily and his annoyance with other humans, too, is as genuine as his appreciation for Dio's apparent respectful handling of Apep. If he had implied anything else, it's possible he's forgotten that point in the midst of this discussion.]