cooltrainer | ◓ 8th Catch [Written/Action]

◓ 8th Catch [Written/Action]

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[Green has skipped out on training, over the past few days, keeping himself busy with taking notes and giving his Pokémon a break.

He will, however, be bugging his fellow Pokémon trainers, both the ones new to Pokémon and the ones from Pokémon worlds, with exception to Masaomi. He's got quite a few people he needs to talk to. He'll find them wherever they may usually be spending their day, unless they're not seeing anyone.]

[Written: Filtered from Masaomi]

I don't like to be vague and ask pointless questions, but for what reason do people gather strength in your world?

I've had a poor conversation and need to have a better grasp of overall context.

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Then what do you think another reason could be?

[Green pauses for a bit, tapping the pencil against the paper.]

There's the point of not being a burden on your friends. I hear often how people improve themselves to avoid dragging down their stronger friends.

I recently heard someone say, though, that they want to keep up with their friends. It wasn't about being a burden, clearly. It was competitive.

... Yeah, I can understand that. [ since she feels that way too.. ] It's only normal for people to feel like they're a burden when they can't do anything for their friends even though their friends do a lot for them.. isn't it?

It's as though this person felt that his inferiority made him worthless. If I take what he said at a little deeper value than how he said it.

[ .. Yup. Definitely the way she feels. ]

Y-you mean you can't understand that kind of feeling..?

...I can understand not wanting to burden my friends by being weak. But being out-done, out-competed... that doesn't drive me.

[It makes him want to improve, but not because he hates being weaker than Red. Because it's fun.]

That isn't my only reason for growing stronger, and I think that is a cheap reason to have by itself.

Um.. if I'm allowed to say this much, then I'd like to say that it isn't really about feeling like you're being out-done. It's more like.. .. if you aren't strong enough to help your friends, if they keep having to help you all the time and you can't do anything in return..

.. I think it's that kind of feeling that makes people feel worthless.