<KamenWriter> <Oy, Faust. I've been thinking.>
<KamenWriter> <Do you really NEED me around?>
<Viktor> (it'd be nice if I could respond back privately :<)
<KamenWriter> Ahaha.
<KamenWriter> Maybe this can wait for slightly later then :3
<KamenWriter> <...I wanted to know if you really needed me around...>
<Viktor> "Why would you think I do not?"
<KamenWriter> <I don't know.> D:
<Viktor> "Pandora, I need you with me now more than ever."
<KamenWriter> <I was talking with Augustus and he said I don't have Agency.>
<Viktor> "Agency?"
<KamenWriter> <I KNOW RIGHT?>
<Viktor> "... what does zat mean?"
<KamenWriter> <Something to do with me following what you say.>
<Viktor> "Feel free to speak up more if you wish, I have discouraged it in ze past, but given ze current situation, I believe my companions und I are open-minded enough to take what you say seriously."
<KamenWriter> <Welll....>
<KamenWriter> <How come you don't murder people?>
<Viktor> "I haven't seen reason to do so."
<KamenWriter> <I mean, other Fausts weren't MANIACS per se, but a couple of them had some blood under their nails.>
<KamenWriter> <Even used me to do it.>
<Viktor> "It is a quick fix as zey say."
<Viktor> "If you have quarrel with a man, anyone can simply shoot zeir opponent while his back is turned, or gut him in his sleep, but it takes effort to solve your problems ze hard way."
<KamenWriter> <Ze hard vay?> :O
<Viktor> (Oh right, I forgot we should just be talking in german anyway so there's no reason for the accent.)
<KamenWriter> (haha)
<Viktor> "Well take the dam, for instance. It's proving itself quite a conundrum to deal with isn't it?"
<Viktor> "It'd be a lot easier just to tell everyone the dam is about to break and they should just pack up their things."
<KamenWriter> <yeah?>
<KamenWriter> <Sounds like a fine idea.>
<KamenWriter> <Also don't tell the guys you don't like and they'll get all caught up in the flood.>
<Viktor> "But it'd be a lot better for everyone if we took the effort to go and figure out what's causing it, who's behind it, and deal with them."
<KamenWriter> <Two birds.>
<Viktor> "That way we get to eliminate another master ball, those people don't have to rebuild all their houses, and nobody else gets pissed off at us."
<Viktor> "The path of least resistance isn't always the best one."
<KamenWriter> <Hmm. I guess.>
<KamenWriter> <You seem to know what you're talking about.>
<Viktor> "Hehehe, maybe."
<Viktor> "It's possible that I am simply making everything up as I go along and dictating how I view the situation at the current moment."
<KamenWriter> <Well, nothin' wrong with that.>
<Viktor> "Yup."
<Viktor> "As for that man Albert Hirsch..."
<KamenWriter> <I'm just tryin' to figure you out, Faust. You're a lot like the others...>
<KamenWriter> <But in other ways, you're completely different.>
<Viktor> "I must confess, I thought the idea of having a fierce rival of that sort was fun."
<Viktor> "At least until he damaged charlotte's cart and sullied our battle."
<Viktor> "Now he is a lot less entertaining." >:I
<KamenWriter> <Yeah, real lousy character.>
<KamenWriter> <His pokemon can't take a joke either.>
<Viktor> "We may kill him. We'll see how it goes next time he shows up."
<KamenWriter> <The point is... hmmmm... how do I say this?>
<KamenWriter> <I think I get what August is talking about...>
<KamenWriter> <I don't actually know if you're my favorite Faust yet. I like you, sure, but if you're not my FAVORITE then what's the point of sticking around?>
<Viktor> "Would you want to wait for the next one?"
<KamenWriter> <Hmmmmmm...>
<KamenWriter> <Maybe. Or maybe I'd like to try being wild for a while again. I haven't been wild in a LONG time.>
<Viktor> "Well if you do want to wait for the next one, I'd like it if you could be here to make sure there IS a next one."
<Viktor> "After all, my life is taking some very complicated turns. And you remember the dream don't you?"
<KamenWriter> <Oh yes. I am looking forward to that part.>
<KamenWriter> <That part is almost always exciting. :D>
<KamenWriter> <(Except Faust number 2. that was boring, fuck that guy)>
<Viktor> "Life always has exciting new surprises in store for us. That's why I don't tend to choose whatever path is easiest, I choose the one that is the most interesting and enriching."
<KamenWriter> <Hmmmmmm...>
<KamenWriter> <Good answer. I guess I'll stick around for a while yet. Hehehe.>
<Viktor> "Hehehe... the companions we are traveling with, don't you think they are rather interesting?"
<KamenWriter> <Somewhat.>
<KamenWriter> <Never met so many pokemon I'd otherwise be eating if I was wild.>
<KamenWriter> <And that Edmund was tricking you for so long. It's too bad he let the joke fall flat.>
<Viktor> "Awww, you aren't interested in seeing a man who willed his own arm back on by stubbornness and gets set on fire on a nearly daily basis?"
<KamenWriter> <Well that part's funny, of course.>
<KamenWriter> <But he's no fun to play tricks on.>
<KamenWriter> <He won't laugh with you afterwards.>
<Viktor> "He has a poor sense of humor about it..."
<Viktor> "But the world itself seems to enjoy playing tricks on him."
<KamenWriter> <I guess he doesn't need my help :3>
<Viktor> "See? It all balances out."
<KamenWriter> <Hahahahehehehehe. I'm glad we had this little talk, Faust.>
<Viktor> "I am too. You should speak your mind more often. You are after all the most intelligent of my pokemon. You make a good representative for them."