“Unproductive? You normally seem more busy. You are on a bit of a break, are you? Ah— but I suppose that would explain your presence back here.”
“As for myself, I am well, thank you. Gear Station has been busy recently, as it always is with the beginning of summer. People do much of their traveling in this season, after all. But no, no trouble.”
“Ah! Miss Anna. So it has. Have you been well?”
“Yay! Thank you brother.” At the following question, Emmet simply rocked back on his heels and shrugged; as if he had little motive in the sudden desire to tail his older twin.
Well, that’s hardly suspicious. “… All right, then. Ready to go?” Ingo turned to leave fairly quickly, hardly giving Emmet time to reply. What was he going to do now? He’d been looking forward to that break… But with Emmet’s persistence, Ingo didn’t have much of a choice whether he protested or not.
“Brother. I won’t be bored! I’ll be good. I promise.”
whiiiiiiiiiiine
“… All right. Fine. But why do you ask? I’m only going to walk around the station. You never seemed particularly interested in joining me, anyway. Where did the sudden interest come from?”
“Not really. I just thought it would be fun! Brother never lets me come with him.” Willfollowyounomatterwhatyousay—
“… I don’t really do anything interesting on my walks, Emmet. I’m sure you would just be bored.”
“—Why? You usually stay behind in the station. Did you need to go somewhere?”
“Ah— so you have met Emmet. I’m not at all surprised he insisted; he loves battling more than I do. And I would look forward to that, Miss Anna. After getting a high enough winning streak in the battle subway perhaps then you could challenge us, if you ever change your mind about that.”
“Of course I do. The battles are the part of my job that I look forward to the most. It’s interesting meeting other trainers and seeing their strategies.
“If you’re a trainer, perhaps you should try the battle subway yourself sometime, Miss Anna.”
“Indeed. It’s all right. Work can be stressful, at times; the battle subway is often very busy. Overseeing the entire station and making sure everything is working smoothly is quite a bit of work. That’s all.”
With that permission, he lights it, holding the cigarette delicately between his fingers.
“… Only very occasionally, on my breaks when I can leave the station for a while. I find it relaxing.” He takes a breath, then exhales a puff of smoke with a sigh. “… You’re surprised? Why?”
“Very well then, Miss Anna. I don’t mind. Traffic is heavy this time of day, however, so it may be a while.”
As he steps outside, he reaches into his pocket, then hesitates. “You don’t mind if I smoke, do you?”
“Still, it’s very kind of you to offer. Thank you. Let’s go, then, shall we?”
“Do you?” Oh— “Yes, I highly doubt it would be wise to give Emmet any significant amount of caffeine…”
“I suppose it’s fine, if that’s all you’d like. I will pay for myself, however.”
I AM MUCH COOLER THAN EMMET THOUGH GFDI
HEY
THE ONLY ONE COOLER THAN EMMET IS ME
but he should love me ;n;
that is not the way to earn Ingo’s love, darling~
First Anna, and now this. People certainly were being strangely generous lately.
“Why? It seems a strange thing to request out of the blue, Miss Abigail. I suppose I don’t mind, but…”
“…Actually, I’ve just started my break two minutes ago. I often take a walk around the outside of the station at about this time; I can accompany you that far if you wish.”
“Well, see that it doesn’t get you into trouble. Our security at Gear Station is very competent, but one can never be too careful in a larger city like Nimbasa. You don’t have anyone accompanying you?”
