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“Ah, no surprise that you’ve heard of me, Darling. I am one of two, however.”

One hand rests on his hip, the other on his chest as Wallace holds his head up high, basking in the attention given to him—Attention he is used to but still manages to soak up like a sponge. Though the man before him doesn’t seem familiar; so it causes a brow to raise and his head to tilt slightly.

“Though, I suppose I should be asking who is asking about me, no? It’s common courtesy to introduce yourself to someone, Mi querido. You already seem to know who I am.”

Jupiter remains silent but attentive in Cyrus's presence, her amethyst gaze probing his unreadable, immovable features for even the tiniest crumb of betrayed emotion, the slightest hint of an unintentional smile...but even as such strong, poetic rhetoric falls from her boss's mouth, her search comes up empty. It always does.

Like her superior, the commander also views emotions as weakness, though--unlike Cyrus, to her knowledge--she relishes in exploiting said emotions, digging into people's weaknesses and turning, twisting their insecurities into full-blown paranoia. For Jupiter, manipulation is the name of the game, and her sharp tongue ruthlessly lances any prey that dares wander across her path--not even the most powerful foes are immune to her brand of poison. Perhaps that's why she respects Cyrus to such a degree--despite all their time spent together, his resolve is absolutely impenetrable, even against her subtle needling from time to time.

As if in a trance, she finds herself nodding along to his words. Arceus, this man can speak--after all, only he (with his compelling speeches and crystal-clear vision) could possibly unify this overwhelming mishmash of Sinnohan misfits and toxic authority figures. Even now, Jupiter takes note of how Cyrus says 'you and I' with selfish glee, choosing to believe that he's purposefully excluding her other lesser colleagues with his choice of words.

“Coming from a human that wished to commit that same act befits an irony most rusted.”

Siiiiiiiigh...

Giratina just picks him up. Back into the Distortion World with you, Cyrus. You need a lesson in the laws of energy conservation.

enjoy? Like a fucking human being with actual emotions??? Hold up.

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