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[There's a shock of dark brown hair visible at first- After a moment the camera travels down to reveal Norman looking into the gear. He offers an awkward half-smile.]

So, I guess I made it all the way to Violet City. Not alone, or anything, but- I'm still really surprised I did it. It's a lot harder than camping, and the weather was pretty gross, too.

I think we're going to stay here for a little while. I heard that the gym is pretty hard and I kind of want to try and get a badge.

Oh- That reminds me.

[Norman isn't usually one to show off or anything, but he's kind of proud of this, so he shuffles a bit shyly before he shifts the gear's camera to a Hoothoot.]

This is Hopkins. I caught him. Um, well, with help from Ellis. I don't think we would have found him if he hadn't run into that tree.

[There's a long ...sort of awkward pause where Norman doesn't know what else to say. He makes a few uncertain faces before he shrugs.]

That's all, I guess. Uh.

[And the feed ends.]

[Open for action in Violet City, as well. He's just going to be walking around with his Duskull out and about, exploring the city.]

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[Norman snorts.] Don't worry. You can say things like the s-word around me. I promise I won't freak out.

We were looking for them along Route 29 and they only appear at night. [He's going to save Ellis' dignity a little. He's not going to mention the ZOMBIES fiasco.]

Oh, no, he just kind of likes to stand on one foot. I'm not sure why.

Hey, I already have another kid getting on my back to clean up my language.

That makes sense for owls, but doesn't explain how anybody ran into a tree.

[Blake looks into the bird's big orange eyes.] Maybe he's just stupid.

[A Snubbull's pink head shoves into the frame. Steve wants to see!]

Oh, I see. How's it going so far?

Because it's dark?

[Hopkins blinks at the Snubbull and hoots in greeting. Hello!]

[admits] Not great.

And that's why you don't go running around like an idiot. Because there's trees.

[Steve waves. Hello there! So that's what the scary sounds at night come from. The bird is not so scary in person.]

[Blake figures it's time for a subject change.]

Anyway, what's your name, kid?

Maybe you should make a list of words you can substitute instead of cursing.

[Hoot hoot! Hopkins flaps his wings and settles on Norman's shoulder.]

Norman. My name's Norman Babcock.

Uh-uh. No 11-year-old on the planet is making me say any cutesy crap.

[The look on Blake's face is pure depression. Why does the world hate him so?]

You've gotta be kidding me. Not another Norman.

You could always try cursing in something like book titles or song lyrics.

[Norman blinks, utterly confused. He slowly raises an eyebrow.]

I'm sorry?

How's that even supposed to work? [Unless they're ones that have cursing in them already, and that kind of defeats the purpose.]

[Carter shakes his head] Just somebody else I know by the same name. When did that one get popular?

Just shout a book title instead of the curse? Or song title, I guess works if you know more of those. I mean- you're still shouting something in rage, so it still gets the job done, it's just less likely that you'll get mauled by angry soccer moms.

Oh, do you mean Mr. Jayden?

I'm not gonna go yelling "Da Vinci Code!" at anybody, kid.

[That's worse than not swearing at all.]

[heavily] Yeah, that'd be him.

[His tone shows what good friends they are.]

Oh well. [He shrugs. It was a suggestion, either way.]

[He's curious, not going to lie.]

Do you two not get along?

[shrugs] It's an idea.

Yeah, we worked together back in the real world. We've never really seen eye to eye.

[Mostly because Jayden's a fuckin' asshole.]

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