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There doesn't have to be any sitting around.

[Garrus' voice is friendly as he straightens.]

There's plenty to do. Gathering sticks for making fires or crossbow bolts, uh. I was gonna suggest felling trees, but that could make you more of a target for the natives. Don't do that.

[There's a beat.]

If you know Green, does that mean you have a... I forget what they're called. Companion animal fighter thing?

[ Don't fell trees. Okay. ]

Uh-- yeah. A pokémon, right? [ He's going to guess that's what they mean. ] He's in his pokéball right now. He was moving around a lot, so I wanted him to get some rest.

Pokemon. Yeah, that was the word.

[He keeps jokingly calling it a pet or an animal to Green, but he doesn't know this boy well enough to start teasing yet. Later he can poke fun.]

Two fire-breathing dogs will definitely be better than one.

[ Dog? He's quick to correct that. ] No, he isn't an arcanine. He's a charizard.

[ There's only a small pause, since he knows he's going to have to explain. ]

He's still a fire type, but he's a flying type too. He's... he looks like a dragon, or so everyone says. [ Enough for him to remember, anyway. ] Do...you know what a dragon is?

[Garrus blinks.]

Your world has two sorts of fire breathing pokemon running around it? And yeah, I know what a dragon is.

[Okay, maybe Red's got to have some survival skills despite his size. Anyone who makes it on a world that has multiple things like that isn't as vulnerable as the earlier fall indicated.]

So flying fire. And your people have survived.

Yeah...? [ His people? He doesn't quite understand that, and it makes him wonder for a moment before he decides to go on. ] But there's more than just two fire types; that's just the two me and Green have here.

He's probably got more somewhere, but... since I dropped down the first time, I only had Charizard with me. All my gear was missing too.

He's got more somewhere?

[Garrus isn't quite sure he's following, though Green had spoken about a team before. Maybe Garrus should have asked more questions about that.]

How many things, pokemon, that can use fire do you guys have running around your world?

[And how has your city not burned down yet?]

[ He's squinting here briefly, because Garrus is asking him to put a number on something so big. ]

I don't know. There's all kinds in the wild. [ Mm. He's tilting his head, he's trying to think. ] You've got charmanders, growlithes... I've seen a lot of growlithes and vulpixes, actually. There's pontya too... and then you've got the flareons that eevees evolve into if you give them a fire stone.

[ Wow, you're really making him go through his pokédex--and don't think he's stopped just yet, he's bringing up a hand and tapping it with his forefinger. ]

Oh, and then... there's magmars. They're not too popular in the wild, but they're another fire type pokémon. [ He stops with his hands. ] And then you've got Charizard's line. They're all fire types.

We've got other types of pokémon too. They're not all just fire types.

[That's multiple types of things running around setting fire all over their world. Garrus has seriously underestimated the survival abilities Green and now Red bring to the table, clearly. And there's not just things that can set thing on fire, either.]

Had no idea there were that many pokemon. You coordinate and train multiples, then? At once? Because you said 'only' Charizard.

[And it clearly takes a lot of focus and work, as Green hadn't been sure about additional training for things to do alongside the pokemon.]

Mm, right. [ A nod. ] Actually, me and Green have been working on an encyclopaedia for his grandfather and catching all the pokémon for it.

[ ... ] Or, well... we were, anyway.

[They go up against these things without abilities? Come to think about it, he never did ask how Green wound up working with Arcanine. He's kinda impressed.]

Were? What happened?

[There's obviously a story there.]

[ Red motions around with a hand ] This happened, this and the CDC. We can't continue it if we're not in the right place.

[ It wasn't a very interesting story. ]

Oh. Yeah. Thought maybe something happened back home.

[Maybe he should have guessed. Not everyone has things going wrong back home.]

When Charizard's not too tired, I'd like to see him. If you don't mind.

Oh-- sure. [ That wouldn't be a problem, Red figured. If they were going to be at the same camp and all. ] No problem.

[ And there's a brief pause, but Red doesn't want to leave it at that. ] By the way, you said I could help out, right? I feel like I should [ after calling the nice guy scary and all ] and I don't have anything else to do. Did you say we need sticks? Or if there's anything else...

Anyone can help. If you wanted to gather sticks that are... One sec.

[He gestures at his wrist, and a neon orange interface lights up before displaying the image of a slender, straight stick.]

Ones like this will help. You see a branch that's big and think and sturdy, that could help too because there's gonna be need for that once we work on a fence.

[Again.]

Otherwise, there's always food to gather. You find the bestiary on your blackglass yet?

[ When the image appears, Red leans in his head to examine the image closer, glancing to the device that it comes from as well. That's a pretty specific example.

As for the question, he pulls back. ] No. That's... this thing, right?

[ Wait a minute, he's getting this thing with a scramble through his pocket for where he'd deposited it when searching through his bag earlier. He pulls out the device. ]

Someone told me about it before, but I never got around to figuring it out. [ Technology is weird... ] There's really a bestiary on here? What else?

[Slowly Garrus' mandibles flare out as Red has to search for his blackglass. Once it's out, Garrus is nodding. He pulls his own out so he can show Red the interface.]

There's messaging, a couple games, but... here.

[Garrus calls up the bestiary.]

Flora, that's plants, and fauna, animals. Tells you some of the things that are safe, some of the things to avoid. Not all of them. Use caution with anything you come across. But it's got some important entries.

[ Did Red just miss Garrus's face move??? What a tragedy.

He watches how Garrus brings it up himself, and he's sure it's only by some luck that he's able to get it on to bring up the interface with how clumsy his hands feel holding the blackglass. The mention of games catches Red's interest (as--odd, for a word), but he follows to the bestiary.

For a piece of technology handed to him while assisting to destroy an entire planet, Red still can't help but be impressed when the page pops up for the fauna, a small 'wow' escaping him. ]

Is there a map too? [ He pokes a finger to the pop up screen. Can he get it to scroll... ] Can I go anywhere?

There's something of a map.

[Garrus calls up the sector map.]

It's got notes from the mapping teams, but it's not exactly precise. And you can go anywhere, but I wouldn't really suggest it. You should have already run into the neraki, yeah? They've got scattered tribes all over and they're not really fans of us. Plus you can see what animals aren't friendly from the list.

If you wanna go somewhere, I'd suggest asking an instructor.

[There's a beat before Garrus tilts his head, contemplating getting a hold of an instructor.]

Haven't... actually seen Armada around today. Or a couple of days. So maybe go with asking Neheda or Gliese.

[ Sure, things might not be friendly, but... Red can't argue about the neraki though, and he's sure that he wouldn't want to bump into them. ]

Okay... [ Still he looks thoughtful, eyeing the map Garrus brought up. ] Even if I want to go outside the camp to look for food? Charizard will get hungry.

[ And him, but Charizard comes first. ]

That'd be fine. I'd take someone or a couple someones with you, though. Not just for safety. For carrying.

[Because if they get lucky and find something big that they can take down and eat, there's no point in wasting the meat.]

[ Oh. That was an idea. ]

Are there any bags or baskets we could take? [ Wait, let him bring up a hand and poke a finger against the palm as he thinks. ] So we can get food, sticks... but leave the trees alone.

Might want to check with the Blues for that. If there's extra supplies of bags or baskets, they'd know.

[A beat.]

Or ask one of the Elric brothers. Edward or Alphonse. They may be able to make you a basket. And good thinking.

Oh, Alphonse! I saw him earlier. Do you think any fallen wood would work for his almmy-thing?

[Garrus chuckles before nodding. The boy's rather young, and that's not always a bad thing.]

Alchemy, yeah. I think it could. So you could bring him some first, and then see what you can get for charizard and yourself and possibly others. And let me know if you wind up needing a hand.

[Red might be able to adapt. Garrus is glad of this.]

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