✽Fifth Post ~ Video✽

[flyingdreams]

[What did Mrs. Brisby do today, one may ask. Usually there is no answer, as she does perfectly fine keeping to herself.

Not today. She shifts a bit uncomfortably, fidgeting. It's clear enough, at least, that she is incredibly uncomfortable.]

Can... someone explain what a "pet store" is to me? Or... explain what a "pet" really is.

I don't think I've ever seen such a dreadful and uncomfortable place...

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[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

[ N crouches down to gently return her to the ground. ]

Yes. I could.

[flyingdreams]

So aim big, alright?

[She hops off, smiling up at him.]

You humans are so much bigger than us mice in every way.

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

I will.

[ It is certainly a promise, though perhaps a more dangerous one than Brisby realizes. ]

[flyingdreams]

Maybe you can change the rule. Or just... teach them, I guess. Because I don't think anyone would want to keep me as a pet, after talking to me.

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so either...

[ Pause. ]

I'll figure something out. Those animals do not deserve that kind of treatment.

[flyingdreams]

I'll work on talking about that, specifically.

It's better than doing nothing...

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm sure we can both make a difference.

[flyingdreams]

I'm sure your mother would be proud.

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

...my mother?

[ He just looks confused for a moment. To tell the truth, he has never really thought about the fact that he might have a mother. Or, even, a father. ]

I...don't know.

[flyingdreams]

...You don't know?

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I have a mother.

[ Hmm. ]

Well, I suppose it's likely I do. Though I guess it is possible I don't, technically...

[ This is a strange thought. ]

[flyingdreams]

[No wonder you are so much like a child.]

Then... who raised you?

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

...a man named Ghetsis.

[ He shrugs awkwardly. ]

Sort of.

[flyingdreams]

Ghetsis...?

What do you mean, "sort of"?

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

I spent most of my time with Pokemon.

[flyingdreams]

...Growing up...? You were left by yourself... to grow up?

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

Not by myself. I had Pokemon with me.

[ He does not seem to realize what she means. ]

[flyingdreams]

Without parents...

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

No, I never had those.

[flyingdreams]

Oh, N...

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

What? Why do you look so sad?

[flyingdreams]

Because that is sad... no child should be...

[She stops, for a bit, because uh. It might be offensive to him.]

...You deserve so much better. You're such a sweet young man.

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

Deserve?

I don't know. But thank you.

[flyingdreams]

I hope that those pokemon were able to show you love. Because a child going without love... that's the saddest thing I've ever heard of.

[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

They did. Of course! They were, and are, my friends.