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011 [audio]

I've been thinking about the significance of our first pokémon. I find it hard to believe the species given to us are random.

[A brief pause. He's been bothered by this ever since his arrival, actually.]

The initial reaction on meeting your first is important, whether it was fear, familiarity, anger, amusement, or the more unlikely indifference. Then there is of course the more pressing question: why were we given these particular ones?

I'd appreciate your thoughts.

[He's investigating again. Action for anyone in Azalea - he'll most likely be hanging around the pokémon center, working there and all.]

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_{[He looks at the Ampharos curiously for a second, having never seen one before, before returning his attention to the other man.]}

It does sound like it. Given the number of replies I've gotten with people explaining how their initial partners do appear linked to them in some way, it wouldn't surprise me.

I read a lot of science fiction as a kid--mostly about robots. It's why I named him Asimov, actually.

[And never mind the fact that he was named after a murderous AI.]

Given all the other things that go on here, giving us relevant starters wouldn't be too surprising.

I mostly enjoyed Sherlock Holmes, myself.

_{[And he named his starter Holmes. What better name for an owl?]}

Not at all. What worries me is the level of knowledge that would be necessary for us to get starters this relevant, and who or what is gathering that knowledge.

I read a little of that in college, I think.

...the idea that this place might know more about us that we'd think doesn't seem too farfetched, really.

Damn good stories.

_{[He takes a second here.]} No, it doesn't. I find it troubling.

Just a little, yeah. Where do you think they get all their information?

I don't know. But I would very much like to find out.

Same here. Shame I can't get into any particular database through the computers here.

That's possible?

_{[He was never much for technology. Also, he's from 89. Accessing databases through a different computer? woah.]}

I don't think you'd find any information if you could. I could be wrong, but I don't think this world is responsible for bringing us here.

Sure it is. I can hack into more or less anything if I need to.

[Beat.]

...good point, but you never know. There have to be answers somewhere, especially if someone here has the kind of information on us that would lead to relevant starters.

That's fantastic.

_{[Just a second while he grins at this before turning serious again.]}

We should definitely explore every possibility to understand why we're here. In all honesty, trying a computer didn't occur to me.

I tried at the Pokemon Center here, but I couldn't get anything. it's like the storage system is all that's even there to access.

I can't say I find that surprising, but it is a disappointment.

No, I wasn't too surprised either.

[Sigh.]

It was kind of a first, though. I've never found a system I couldn't break through--if there is anything, their security makes the FBI's look like a wall made out of digital toothpicks.

[And he would know--he hacked their database fresh out of college.]

_{[Cooper can conclude. Also, Cooper is FBI.]}

You sound like you know what you're talking about. You breached the Bureau database?

[WHOOPS. 8|]

H-huh? Oh, no--I used to work there, after I graduated college. I helped with the central database's security and all that.

[Which wasn't ENTIRELY a lie, but... Way to slip up and mention some of your less-than-legal activities, bro.]

_{[Coop doesn't entirely believe him but he leaves it for now. One, it looks like it's all ahead of his time, and two, this guy seems alright..]}

Mhm. What's your name?

[He adjusted his glasses, a nervous habit as usual.]

Doctor Hal Emmerich--everyone here just calls me Hal or Otacon.

Special Agent Dale Cooper.

_{[He'd shake his hand, but video and all.]}

A doctor, huh. What kind?

[...no wonder he was so interested in the FBI's database. Inwardly, Otacon facepalmed.]

Mechanical engineering. Robotics, that kind of thing.

_{[Yeah, and don't count on him to forget it. But he'll prefer to get things cleared up right away.]}

Sounds like interesting work. Did that have anything to do with breaking into the FBI database?

Uh...n-no.

[Screw it. Not like he was going to get arrested for it here.]

I had kind of just gotten out of college then--y-you know, stupid kids do really st-stupid things and maybe I was looking for evidence of aliens but I d-didn't do anything aside from hack in and look around, r-really!

[Flail a little more, Otacon, you still look remotely sane. :|]

_{[See Cooper think. He believes him, but that one word caught his attention.]}

Aliens? Hal, are you familiar with the Bluebook project?

[...and is voice is textbook adorkable. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW8QPIId6E8)]

Bluebook...? Can't say I am, no.

_{[That's too bad. Aliens are sort of relevant to Coop's interests.]}

Alright.

_{[Evenly regards the other man for a second.]}

If you weren't trying to get to Bureau information with bad intent, I can't say I blame you for the act. Curiosity is the corner stone of our development, but I still feel obligated to advice you to not repeat it.

_{[And that over and done with:]}

Now, what was that about aliens?

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