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[Has Silver been able to find his Pokédex in the item shop yet? No. What he has found, however, is definitely a nice consolation prize. He definitely didn't forget about the book Green let him borrow. How could he? Green wanted him to decipher something from his father's book about a trade evolution. His senior, his father, trade evolutions. It's pretty hard to catch his interest better than that.

So Silver settled down just outside of House 15, perfectly content to read and reread his father's book ("Secret Earth Arts"? Sure, it gets the point across, but that's a pretty boring title...,) share cherry tomatoes with his Pokémon, and continue to hold his middle finger up to socializing. Until something hits him, anyway. It was a simple thought, really. The concept of Pokémon trading was pretty obsolete without Pokémon to trade, even if it's something so vital and important to him. ...But "trading" as a whole wasn't. Exchanging currency, goods, information, services... What kind of things did people consider of enough value to be worth trading to someone, anyway?

It's a good question, it's something Silver wants to know, and at the end of the day, his curiosity wins out over loathing the idea of having to ask a bunch of strangers a broad question and hoping for interesting answers. Even if he isn't big on people, he's definitely big on information, especially on such a giant Oh well, at least he only has to write.]

So what things do you consider valuable, and what kind of things are generally considered valuable back in your worlds?

[He'll leave his journal open on his lap and start reading through his book again, occasionally looking down at the journal. Sneasel decides to watch all of this from over Silver's shoulder.

Later on in the day, Silver and Sneasel venture out into the forest in search of... well, exactly what they're looking for might be a little unclear. What is clear is that they're climbing up plenty of trees and looking for something. ...And that they're experienced in swiftly climbing up trees.]

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Is anything done to protect the tree?

Ah, yes. There's a spirit guardian and another who are supposed to protect the tree.

[ And that spirit so happens to be her but she'll keep that fact to herself. ]

[A tree with a spirit guardian? That sounds similar to...] What's the spirit guardian called? What can they do?

[ Her pen lingered above the page as she struggled to form an answer. No, it was probably best to leave Silver in the dark. ]

All I can say is that the spirit guardian holds an enormous amount of power. As for her name, I'm afraid I cannot indulge that information to you.

[...Oh. Huh. It does like something important to her, but that known, he'll leave it be.] Alright.

I'm really sorry, but I fear that it'll put you in danger.

[Does she... Know them?] You don't have to explain yourself. It's not my business.

Thanks for understand. So what's valuable in your world?

It depends on the person. Pokémon are all around pretty valuable, though.

What are Pokémon exactly? I've heard and seen of them. [ She was one too. ] Though I never had the chance to fully understand.

Every living, moving thing back at home that isn't a human being.

So they're your world's version of animals?

Kind of. They're a lot more than just animals.

You mean they're more like people.

They're more like people, they're capable of more, some of them are rocks, plants, and even things like magnets or moving eggs, and they play a giant role in everyone's lives.

Wow, that's something you wouldn't find in my world. They sound like great company. So the Pokémon you were looking for before are your friends?

[There's a decent pause at that, before:] They're my partners.

So they are your friends.

[...] If you really want to call it that.

[ His reluctance to say "friends" doesn't go unnoticed to Martel. ]

Why so reluctant?

Calling them friends doesn't properly describe it.

Then would family be a better word?

We're partners. Teammates. We work towards the same goals and look out for our own.

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Whoever said that family can't work together?

[ Give up, Silver. She's going to get you to admit it at some point. ]

[...] Fine. They're like family. [If drops the topic, he'll use the word family.]

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