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[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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...a man named Ghetsis.

[ He shrugs awkwardly. ]

Sort of.

Ghetsis...?

What do you mean, "sort of"?

I spent most of my time with Pokemon.

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

Not by myself. I had Pokemon with me.

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

Without parents...

No, I never had those.

Oh, N...

What? Why do you look so sad?

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.

Deserve?

I don't know. But thank you.

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.

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

Who taught you your manners? Because you really are a lot more polite than most of the other humans I've spoken to. I don't think I've heard a single curse from your lips.

Am I? Well. Ghetsis did. A couple years ago he started teaching me how I was supposed to talk to people.

Well, at least he did that much correctly.

I swear, with as many humans as I hear cursing as if it were nothing, I was beginning to doubt human mothers... maybe they were just being too soft on their children.

I don't know. I never heard much of it before I came here.

That is good! It really is such dreadfully rude language, I can't imagine why anyone would want to sound so brutish and empty-headed by using such dirty words.

How are they dirty? They're just words. If they describe what the person means properly, why not use them?

Because they're used to mean something rude and hurtful. And they're based on words that mean something gross anyway.

People say plenty of mean and hurtful things without cursing. I don't see why using specific words is any different.

Because they're saying it to be rude. It's one thing to say something mean-spirited, but it's entirely another to be completely vile and rude about it.