paladinlost | 33rd moon [video/action]

And then?

...I'm not certain. I'll learn more information about a way to return home, supposedly.

Mm, I've always wondered about where that idea came from. Is it written somewhere in fine print?

I think it was passed down from the earliest arrivals, but was it something they were told? Was it simply a rumor? I have no idea.

Mm, if it were me, I'd want to figure out the origins of something like that before I went off on my merry way for great justice.

Still, it does give one a good reason to travel, even if it's a false rumor.

Fair enough. Though I'll have to say, not all excuses to travel are good ones.

True, but I've not yet found one in this world. It has no wars, after all.

Mm, can a world that knows no war truly know peace...? Or something like that, I guess.

It can, but can it appreciate it to its just value?

Perhaps. Though I'd say that it's more of the people here. A world that doesn't know war wouldn't know the concept of peace -- but just from glancing at our population, it's a little obvious that there are some out there who know war better than anyone else.

True. Most people I've spoken have seen at least some form of conflict in their lands, though they were not always directly involved. I've heard of many soldiers, too.

And it's those people who brought the concept of war. And because of that, they've brought the concept of peace, too.

Funny, isn't it, the way things work.

...Perhaps sad would be a more appropriate word for it, all things considered.

Mm, I wonder if there even is an appropriate word, really.

If someone were to say, 'my country was torn apart by war'...

...I truly doubt the locals could understand that person's feelings, or even the concept behind it. Evil seems to be restrained to Pokémon abuse, here.

Ah, what an interesting thought. If all the negativity of the world were encompassed in selective pokemon abuse, rather than allowed to run amok.

Maybe it's their way of maintaining this world's child-friendly atomosphere -- directing the antagonistic things towards something that seems relatively harmless.

But is it truly so harmless? Think of the Magikarps, for example. Many are abused because of their lack of attacks, leaving them furious when they evolve and endangering any who approach them. Yet no local thinks of warning new trainers, even if they find Pokémon abuse reprehensible. Is that not a form of neglect?

...Then again, I've never heard of anyone dying because of a Pokémon. Perhaps that is something else they cannot understand.

Perhaps. Or maybe it's just the way things are -- I can't disagree with you, really. Concepts that don't exist in this world that we've brought with us, what seems normal for us may seem perplexing for them.

Have you ever heard of anyone striking up a friendship with the locals?

...I've never heard of any such friendship. Not that I know anyone who has tried, but the locals always seem a little... distant, with us. The closest I've seen would be those who are asked out by Whitney after their battle.

And beyond the police, very few of them seem to take acute interest in us.

Even the police seems to care little for us, as long as we do not break the law.

Oh, dear. The more we think about it, the more morbid it becomes.

I find it more xenophobic than anything else, really.

I suppose. It does make me feel a little sorry for them, having their home invaded by these strange, alien people.

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