#eeveeevolution

sleepy.

I think it would depend on a couple of factors, as some mons had different levels of their mistreatment of Speed. Lazuli and Silvia were the biggest cases. Leaf was more or less...neglectful in actually stepping in whenever she saw her sister about to punch, slap, or beat up Speed. Black has one main moment where he kicks Speed in the face, just to show he can save Silvia from falling onto the ground. The others kind of just passively watched, and only Pearl called it out, stepped in, and/or helped Speed recover.

Honestly, thinking about Speed's character. I don't think he'd pull anything personal(to the character alone, like their backstories), any fancy roasts, or try to resort to physical violence(he was in a bad headspace and thought he wasn't the real Speed, and that escalated with Lazuli and Silva being bad at talk-no-jutsu). He'd be stern, straight forward, and wouldn't hold any BS anymore.

For when it comes to those two in particular, I'd imagine Lazuli and Silvia arguing with each other on who gets Speed for the day, and when Speed steps up, they start getting aggressive with him, not realizing they're hurting him...again, so Speed just snaps, almost too casually that it unsettles them.

It'd go something like this:

"Silvia and Lazuli. Stop. Just stop. I've heard enough, and I've felt enough."

"Speedy--"

"No. Just stop talking. I don't want to hear it anymore. I don't want to DEAL with this anymore. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever again."

"Speed, I-I...we didn't mean to hurt you, I--"

"Didn't mean to hurt me? Yeah, that's because you don't put any thought or consideration into how I feel. You don't mean to hurt me because you don't even think I have feelings. You don't usually ever do. If you do, you certainly forget it a lot. It's always about gift shop this, bookstore that, and 'why does she get you for the day' and 'stop being creepy' when I'm doing NOTHING at all. I don't have to do ANYTHING for you to find a reason to get mad at me. Do you want me to be a statue? Do you want me to behave perfectly? I don't know, and even when I try to set up some limits, you'll perceive that as me ignoring you, and how that hurts your feelings. Am I allowed to even be angry? Am I allowed to even have space? I was never your punching bag, Lazuli. For months, I wondered whether you truly just hated me, yet that didn't make sense. If you hated me, why did you want to go with me places? Why did you get angry when you thought I was with someone else? I know I'm dense, I truly am, but even those who aren't would be just as confused by that fact. You liked the mon that you kept hitting? How does that make sense? You had months to change. If you liked me for some reason, you could've done ANYTHING differently, yet for some reason, you just...kept hurting me."

"Speed, I was sorry. I said I was. It's not that I liked it, it's just...the only way you could pay attention to me. If you're still mad, then I--"

"The only way? The only way....right, like logically that makes sense. You are right, though, you were sorry, and I forgave you like always. You stopped hurting me...at least intentionally. I may never have been in a relationship before, heck, I don't really have any romantic relationships to go off of, but the way I see it, that's the bare minimum. You had so many chances before, Lazuli. Months. I repeat. Months' worth of chances. Maybe a little less than that if it was later you began liking me, but still. You understand what I'm getting at, right?"

"Speedy...she already apologized, it's in the past. Why bring that up?"

"Right, it is in the past. It's all in the past. Remember when you taught my daughter how to use your moveset on me? Remember when you came up to me randomly and then kissed me when we first met as some sort of funny test? Remember when you slapped me, called me an idiot, and walked away when I was in a bad space back then? What? Did you think that would prove your point? That I'd feel better? Let me tell you, I did not. I could list some more examples if you want, but why waste time doing that? It's all in the past, right? It's like you think of me as a chew toy...A toy where you can bend and break without needing to care how your blatant disruption of boundaries impacts them. A toy that'll be ready to move on and forget as if it never happened. It's not even me at this point; you push the boundaries of everyone else as well. You're in your own little world where you're the star of the show, and because of that, everyone else is expected to tolerate it."

Speed slowly starts to walk out,

"Well, I've tolerated enough. I'm not going to be something you could just entertain yourself with and keep expecting it to come back to you. It's about time I draw a line somewhere. Someday. And that day is today. To put it simply, if you continue this...then I'm ending our relationship. My faith in it working out is already dwindling, and I want to be consistently happy rather than annoyed or bothered. There's only so much I can deal with."

"..."

"I don't need perfection. I don't need you to be the best version of yourself all the time. Mistakes are fine...Mistakes exist to be learned from. I know I have some of my own problems. I want to be a better father for Sunshine. I want to be a better partner for....whomever I choose to live my days with. I want to live peacefully, where I can finally just live. But, to do that, I need to set up SOME standards. I know I'll break again if I try to find contentment in unhappiness. If you have a problem with it. Fine. Then go ahead and have a problem. I won't change my mind. If others have a problem, so be it."

Speed began to disappear as he went up to his room.

Lazuli giving Sunshine an Ice cream !

Eeveelutions as modern pets!

(Not meant to be weird.)

proxi the umbreon!

Poor fella is my chosen victim to help show the stuff the United Worlds' resurgence of pokemon discrimination has done. Doesn't help that he's with the other major government and the base he was on is not one the public has knowledge of