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[The feed opens up to a Magikarp splashing around in a small pool of water. But this is no ordinary Magikarp; this Magikarp is glowing. It seems that whoever is recording wants to capture the evolution on camera.

That person may or may not also be cackling. It's rather distinct to anyone who has heard it before...]

After months of absolutely miserable torture attempting to train this thing, the time as finally come for this useless fish to become something truly amazing! To all those who mocked me, feast your eyes, for I have persevered!

[Just as he finishes that little speech, the Magikarp's glowing form begins to shift and grow. The camera moves up as the shape becomes snake-like and continues to grow...until it finally stops. The glow fades, revealing a newly evolved Gyarados.]

Gyyyyaaaaaarrrrr...

Oh, just look at you. At long last, you can actually be useful. What a glorious day this is...

[As Dist goes on about how amazing this all is, the Gyarados seems to be checking out its new body. He looks proud of what he's accomplished. While Dist isn't paying attention, he begins to arch down toward his trainer and lets out a magnificent roar.]

GYYAAAAAA!!

Wh-What are you doing?! Don't come any close—aaaaaaauuugh!

[The Gyarados suddenly lunges at Dist, and the last thing the feed shows is a Scizor darting into view and grabbing the Gyarados's head by the mouth with her huge pincers. As Dist stumbles to the ground, the feed comes to an end.]

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It has nothing to do with your behavior towards it, I'm afraid. Think about it, Rose, and picture yourself in a new body, with completely new abilities whose extent and might even you are ignorant of. Isn't it likely that you would do the very same thing? Trying them out on the nearest subject, whether friend or foe? Just for the sake of satisfying your own curiosity.

Edited 2012-10-21 15:32 (UTC)

[He's really not in the position to mull that over, but he does anyway.]

But are you completely sure that is the case here?

[Sure did dodge that question.]

While Pokémon are more intelligent creatures than even you believe, dear Rose, what they do isn't bound by strict logic. We are the same way. It might even be said that your Gyarados' curiosity makes the two of you kindred souls...

When disciplining it, constrain, but do not stifle. You want a Pokémon like Gyarados to maintain all its traits that make it an all-destroying menace, yet learn how to control them most effectively.

[The forger and father of the worst scum in the universe knows a thing or two about proper disciplining of living war machines.]

[As much as Dist hates getting lectured, he swallows his words. He is not in the mood to argue right now. Besides, he has to admit to himself that this is not his area of expertise. The "war machines" he created were actual machines, so not much disobeying went on there.]

I will keep that in mind.

[He doesn't sound to sincere about it, but hey. At least he didn't go off at Gorthan.]

[Gorthan catches the hit in Dist's voice. As a result, his manner becomes instantly a little milder.]

... Did I phrase that too harshly? It was not my intention to berate your work.

No, that's not it. I am simply not in the mood to talk about what just happened and what I did wrong. I am still in a bit of shock, you see.

I fear that you will have to get used to it. Rest assured that, as the phrase is, we've all been there, in some form or other.

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