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[snake_with_a_cape]

"Dear Mun

May I ask you why you feel the need to separate me again from my friends when I had just reunited with them? I believe I caused Miese to worry about me enough. I'm afraid I'm uncertain why you feel the need to send me to some place where I'll be all alone.

...May I ask what you mean by you wanting me to be there because of some glitches that are to appear soon? I'm afraid I really don't wish to see another glitchthing ever again. I merely want to protect the village nearby the guild. It may be in danger. The glitches could have overtaken it again, and I'm afraid I don't want that to happen. I need to be there. I have to be there! May I ask you to reconsider sending me there?"

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[snake_with_a_cape]

...May I ask you what it will take for me to prove to you that I mean no harm?

[magmaticflamberge]

... I cannot think of anything you might do to prove that. And, to be completely honest, I quite like it that way.

[A sly smirk.]

Also, why any institution devoted to helping Pokémon would keep one of you as one of their members is completely beyond me.

[snake_with_a_cape]

I don't know, maybe... because I want to help?

[Seriously, why must Zangoose and Seciper fight like that meaninglessly?]

[magmaticflamberge]

[Because food. And territory. It's not really meaningless, when you think about it.]

You'll help me more if we remain enemies. I have children to feed.

[snake_with_a_cape]

I'm afraid I dislike the idea of becoming food. I'm also afraid that I don't believe Seviper and Zangoose should fight. May I ask what the point is? May I ask if you remember what started this meaningless rivalry in the first place?

[magmaticflamberge]

Very good reasons started it.

The fight for diverse and safe food. The fight for the safety of our wives and offspring. The fight for territory in which to prosper. The fight for resources to make our lives easier.

Hardly anything takes precedence over those basic needs, and you Seviper have always stood in our way.

[snake_with_a_cape]

Then I apologize on the behalf of all Seviper. I do not deny anyone food. In fact, I'll be glad to help you search.

I grew up in a small village with many different Pokemon lived where food was not fought over. It was only provided for each and every one of us.

May I ask you if you need help searching for food?

[magmaticflamberge]

I do not need your help. I have a Trainer providing for me and my current bride. But many of our fellow Zangoose do not, and your kin threatens their very existence. I may not visit them very often these days, but my thoughts are always with them.

[snake_with_a_cape]

[Kebi sighs a little.]

If I find those Seviper, I'll attempt to explain to them that working together with Zangoose is a better alternative than just slaughtering every single Zangoose they come across. Other than that, I'm afraid I don't know what to do to help you.

[magmaticflamberge]

[Another smirk, though it's quite different from the one you got before. This one is strained, with a hint of deep sadness.]

And what makes you believe that they would accept such a naive idea?

[snake_with_a_cape]

I've seen many impossible things happen. I've been in between worlds, I've seen bread rain down from the sky, I've seen secret cubby holes appear within walls, I've seen the world get twisted into unbelievable shapes, I've been attacked by many static things. It's my experience that tells me that anything is possible.

[magmaticflamberge]

['Bread rain down from the sky', seriously... ]

... I'd suggest you were intoxicated, but as a Poison type, you cannot be.

You must be lying, then. A great deal of things are possible in this world, yes... but our war will still wage on endlessly.

[snake_with_a_cape]

I believe it will end before I die. The rivalry is meaningless.

[He gets a bottle of antivenom and an oran berry out of his bag, setting them on the ground and slithering away from them.]

believe these will aid you against other Seviper. May I ask you to help spread the word that we don't need to fight?

[magmaticflamberge]

[Fang initially takes a step back, furrowing his brow in a haughty look.]

I am immune to poisoning, as are most other Zangoose. But...

[He walks closer to Namaak's gifts now.]

... It has recently come to my attention that there is a minority of Zangoose who were born without that characteristic.

[He picks up the antivenom.]

I will make sure that one of them gets this. But I cannot guarantee that I will spread such a nonsensical message.

[snake_with_a_cape]

[Kebi's willing to accept the fact that he saved a Zangoose's life. He bows to Fang.]

I thank you.

[This is a really polite Seviper.]

[magmaticflamberge]

[Indeed it is! And it's puzzling Fang to no end, even if he isn't showing it.]

... Your kindness strikes me as oddly sincere. Perhaps I am simply getting old.

[snake_with_a_cape]

I believe it's because I truly am polite.

[He smiles, then bows again to Fang.]

If you wish to leave now, then I shall see you later.

[magmaticflamberge]

[He nods.]

May our paths cross again, enemy.