[It might be funny to see a grown man stumble back from a little pink animal, if it weren't for the shock on his face and the way she is snapping and snarling like a junkyard dog.]
Steve, what the hell-
[She cuts him off with a sharp bark.]
No! You listen!
[She'd been so scared and alone and then Yusuke told her a story about a brave boy, he talked to her and made her laugh and it was better, it was okay, and then he had to come and try to ruin it and lock himself up again and she isn't going to let him.
It's a surreal scene, a little Pokemon with a Musharna bobbing gently in midair behind her, snapping staccato barks at a man sheened with sweat and exhaustion who keeps whipping his head around to look down at the Gear on the floor where human words appear over a young man's face.]
We're partners and you won't even talk to me! You won't let anybody help you and you think it makes you strong but it doesn't! It makes you scared!
[She barely hears Yusuke, but knowing he's there gives her courage.]
You don't believe in anything! You'd rather scare other people because you're a coward! You'd rather run away from everybody than face when you're wrong!
[Her little paws are fists at her sides. Her barks bounce off the empty exercise equipment in the quiet room.]
Quit being such a pussy!
[Beneath the redness of exertion, Blake's face has gone white. His eyes narrow, and his voice is low.]
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Steve, what the hell-
[She cuts him off with a sharp bark.]
No! You listen!
[She'd been so scared and alone and then Yusuke told her a story about a brave boy, he talked to her and made her laugh and it was better, it was okay, and then he had to come and try to ruin it and lock himself up again and she isn't going to let him.
It's a surreal scene, a little Pokemon with a Musharna bobbing gently in midair behind her, snapping staccato barks at a man sheened with sweat and exhaustion who keeps whipping his head around to look down at the Gear on the floor where human words appear over a young man's face.]
We're partners and you won't even talk to me! You won't let anybody help you and you think it makes you strong but it doesn't! It makes you scared!
[She barely hears Yusuke, but knowing he's there gives her courage.]
You don't believe in anything! You'd rather scare other people because you're a coward! You'd rather run away from everybody than face when you're wrong!
[Her little paws are fists at her sides. Her barks bounce off the empty exercise equipment in the quiet room.]
Quit being such a pussy!
[Beneath the redness of exertion, Blake's face has gone white. His eyes narrow, and his voice is low.]
Shut up, dog.