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"Good," Giovanni replies, retreating back to his desk with the mug, "I'm glad you've found something that suits you- if you enjoy it, that's even better."

As for Archer...

"... I have, actually."

He sets his mug down on a coaster, watching the steam come off.

They beam a smile that softens slightly when Giovanni explains what Archer's been up to. Their body aches still, lingering with chronic pains from the bites at the radio tower years ago.

"Ah, old contacts have a habit of reappearing out of nowhere when you least expect them."

The mention of Sevii makes their brows pinch, one finger tapping at the side of their chin.

"Do you have a lead on what part of Sevii? My mom still works out on the islands as a ranger. Maybe she can pass on any strangeness she's heard about, if you want me to inquire discretely."

Sinnohan monsters. How interesting, considering the stories from a few years back about Galactic.

With it, however, is the real prize. A small packet of information.

"Plucked the rest of the Silph info that was left in relatively accessible places. Aaaaaall for you."

"My, it looks like my December's off to a strong start."

Giovanni takes both gifts in hand, giving the 'sandglobe' a small shake before placing it on his desk, near the sandshrew skull Red had cleaned for him. The packet follows shortly after, placed in front of his desktop, to be perused at his own time.

"You'll forgive me if I don't have your gift ready. I just finished setting up my Spreadsheets for this month."

It's still a little surreal to be employed in a somewhat respectable public-facing position... while still doing all the skills he's acquired from years manipulating the underworld.

They smile, curling their fingers under their chin before they shake their head at the coffee offer.

"No coffee. It hasn't sat right with me since the whole....incident. Think I'm caffeine intolerant now or something."

They sigh quietly as they say it, but spring back up into their normal cheery self after a moment.

"It's been good! Sabrina has me working PR with the big companies Silph is interested in. Let's be get in good and cozy behind the scenes before I start looking for what she wants. I think I'm just about done in Paldea, so I might be traveling out to Unova or Alola soon. It's nice to be traveling for work again."

Remy had moved all the time when working for Giovanni, though it had stayed relatively local to the Kanto and Johto regions until Rocket disbanded.

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Remy followed orders, so Remy survived.

"Local to corporate interests is a significant change. Mouthpiece for Goldenrod is different than a mouthpiece for Silph. Or a mouthpiece for Rocket."

The memories are sapped up, her eyes following invisible lines behind Remy to their inevitable thought conclusions. It's funny. She doesn't see what the immediate future held for them. It's a mystery, as it had always been.

"There is a material we are unable to completely investigate due to its... unusual nature. Silph Corporation has assets in all corners of the world, and tendrils in the stock of most corporate interests. There are other corporations that deal with extraordinary matter that may have records that Silph was unable to access."

She turned the contract around, and set a silver pen in front of them.

There are other feelings that bleed into Remy's thoughts. Anxiety from Ariados, placid defiance from Ampharos. Their team were tucked into a secure pocket of their bag at their side rather than to their belt.

"I suppose so. It's a secure position with good pay regardless, which one certainly needs here in Saffron City."

The secondary assignment makes them perk up. Indeed it was an area of their expertise that they had longed to put back to use for things besides underground snooping of technology for Giovanni.

The contract is pulled forward to read over it as they listened to Sabrina, scanning minutely for the business lingo they were used to for work adjacent to this.

"You know what the old advertisements used to say. Trust Silph Co. for all your trainer needs, on and off the battlefield. I do have the means for peeking into the backwalls of a few institutions, but having the backing of a conglomerate like this would make it easier to look deeper than surface level."

They know ultimately that Sabrina wouldn't try to pull the wool over them with all this effort. If she wanted to manipulate Remy, she had all the means in the world to do so.

The silver pen is uncapped as they sign the contract and slide it back over.