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Yeah, me too. I've been traveling a little with Chie-san. We're heading to Violet city right now.

[You know, he might not like Hori much, but he does trust her; Kaneki will be fine with her, Banjou knows that much.]

You'll have to tell me about your travels; I've never been to Violet.

[For Kaneki, it's been like getting to know a complete stranger...but he's gotten to like her quite a bit, so far.]

I will. We camped out in the Ilex forest, too, so that was pretty interesting.

How was it? I didn't spend much time in the forest in Johto.

It wasn't too bad. The scenery was actually really nice.

...we ran into some strange Pokemon, though. One of them was literally an exploding pinecone.

[........]

That sounds even more dangerous than the exploding pokeball.

[It's even worse when remembering that he was in the tree with the thing when it decided to go off.]

Yeah. Apparently they fall off of trees and just...explode. That was the only thing like that we ran into, though.

That's... a little disturbing.

[Seriously, what's with this place?]

[That's the million dollar question, isn't it?]

Chie-san seemed to like it, though. She took a picture of it when it exploded.

[It's too bad the NPCs don't see anything odd about it...]

She takes pictures all the time. I can't say I'm surprised about something like that.

Yeah, that's true. She says she's going to try and take a picture of every Pokemon that exists here.

It's an interesting goal; very different from the standard goals people set for themselves here-- collecting as many Pokemon as possible, or getting all of the badges.

What sort of goals do you have for yourself, Kaneki? You must have some.

For myself?

[He has to think on that a moment.]

I do think I might try to get the first badge, at least, but I'm not sure yet if trying to collect them all is going to be for me...what I really want to do is try and read all of the different books this place has. They're all so different from the versions back home.

You know, getting badges here might not be so bad. It sounds like something people do all the time here.

As for the books, I've found a few that aren't so bad. It would be better if they didn't have so many puns.

[But then again Banjou barely has a sense of humor.]

I know what you mean. Just the titles of most of the books here are Pokemon puns to begin with.

[At least with books like The Metamorphosis they couldn't quite get away with that.]

Do you think you'll try to get all of the badges?

I'm thinking about it. It'd be worth doing.

I'd actually be able to get HMs instead of borrowing them.

That makes sense. Fly and Surf would be especially useful to have, even if you don't plan on traveling much any time soon.

That's the goal, anyway.

If nothing else, it'll make traveling the routes easier.

On the other hand...people have told me it really isn't that bad, but the thought of flying on a Pokemon makes me a little...nervous. What if something happened and you fell off?

[It's not really like riding something on the ground, after all...not that he thinks any Pokemon of his would let him get hurt. He just can't help it.]

I'd be worried if it was something like a real animal, but Pokemon are aware, right? You can talk to them.

I'm sure they're careful, nothing would happen to a rider. If it happened at all, we'd be hearing about it.

I guess that's true...not as many people would fly on Pokemon if it was dangerous. It just seems strange...not like most things here aren't strange already.

This is a very strange place, I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it.

But I don't think flying on a Pokemon would be dangerous at all.

Well, if I can get the badge that will let me, I'll have to fly on my Pidgeot and tell you how it goes.

[And maybe...have someone come with him. Just in case.]

Since I'm a breeder, I don't need to get a badge to use an HM.

I could go flying with you, if you'd like.

I'd like that, Banjou-san. We should do that when I'm back in Goldenrod.

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