Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one...
[When the video feed flickers on, you get a nice view of the starry night sky stretching endlessly above. His voice filters through whimsically like something distant and far away.]There's Andromeda to the north, Libra... Vulpecula, and maybe Orion's to the
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Huh? -Ah, oh. Benji, shh, leave him alone.
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Ah, no, it's fine.
Sorry if I started him. I didn't think anyone else would be up at this hour.
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He's a little over-protective. Sorry for disturbing you.
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No... that's not necessarily a bad thing. Pokemon are sensitive; they tend to be protective of gentle people.
You can say they're a good judge of character.
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I suppose that's true. He was probably a little startled, too.
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Reaching into his pack, he pulls out a pokemon treat. A pause-]
Ah, you don't mind, do you?
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[ smiles a little, actually, stepping back as Benji's nose starts twitching, glancing around and then staring at that treat in his hand. want......... tongue lolls out of his mouth, standing up again. ]
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The treats help, probably.]
Benji, huh.
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Mm. He was too small to be called Ben when he hatched, Benji was more fitting.
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Why 'Ben'? Friend of yours?
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No, I just think it's a good name for a dog. Or... a Growlithe, in this case.
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It's a sturdy name. I'm glad people put thought into these things -- I've seen some terrible nicknames in my time.
Nobody, for example, should be allowed to call their pet 'Fluffy'.
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[ a weak laugh, not quite making it to wholehearted status. he's just like that, it's okay. his laugh box is broken. ]
I think 'Fido' is terrible, too.
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