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[Something doesn't seem right...]

...Mm.

[All things considered, he doesn't look as perplexed as he perhaps ought to. This probably means upon waking up, he spent a lot of time staring at himself in the mirror.]

I seem to have run into some difficulty.

[While it'd be comical if he kept his soft and delicate voice, it's not quite like that. Whatever the case, he addresses what's really important at a time like this.]

I cannot fit into my dresses.

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Look, there's a time in every young Snorlaxes life when he or she is going to be experimental about what they eat. We're always hungry and if there's nothing good around....

[He shrugged. He wouldn't want to take those learning experiences away from his kids. 'Yes, Sonny Jr. That handful of gravel WAS nasty. Now you know never to eat it again. Try these pop rocks instead! Or at least put some ketchup on the gravel next time.']

But I'm older and wiser, now. There's no need to chew on soda bottles when there's such a thing as lasagna in the world. And tater tots.

As any child would without parents to instruct them otherwise. I at least knew not to be putting things in my body that didn't need to be there.

[No dirt and gravel for the Gardevoir. Only the finest berries of the finest trees.]

I expect you to be a better parent to your children than yours must have been to you. What were they like, anyway? You never talk about your family before Red caught you. I'm sure you had one, right?

Didn't I mention them? Hmm. Well, I never really met my Dad! I don't know if he stayed around? Maybe I just slept through his visits. Mom never mentioned him. But we didn't talk much anyway because when we were awake together, usually we were eating. Usually I was awake when she was asleep or the other way around. At least, that's what I remember - maybe it was different when I was a really little baby.

[He shrugged.]

Mostly I just remember her being really warm and comfy to curl up with and she used to bring back lots of pine boughs and stuff for me to chew on. I think I'd like to be a bit more involved with my kids than my parents were with me! Being in a Human kind of form would help a lot with that. I don't have to eat or sleep as much when I'm like this, after all.

[Voile could earnestly remember Sonny talking about his family too much. Maybe more than he ever had, but still. His knowledge was sparse at best where the Snorlax and his kin were concerned.]

I agree that these humanised forms are convenient for a plethora of reasons. We can do several things with them that we couldn't otherwise.

[He got the feeling that egg group compatibility probably didn't mean a damn when it came to human forms. After all, procreation between Pokémon was different in a Pokémon form. Although he still had to wonder if the ending result of two humanised Pokémon would be an egg or an actual living, breathing thing.

Like humans. Who the hell even knew. And Brock would be the one to ask. Voile made a mental note to investigate just such a thing.]

Parenting included.

....you know, way back when we first started spending more time together? I was really worried that you would get bored. Because I eat and sleep so much? I guess part of that was remembering how little I remembered of my Mom. It's hard to feel connected to someone when you only spend mealtimes together and the rest of the time they're snoring.

[He shrugged and grinned at Voile.]

It wasn't as bad as I was worried about, though. At least, I hope so. I'm really grateful for this body.

[He cocked an eyebrow.]

...Huh. So you thought I was going to be some attention deficit hyperactive disorderly punk that needed to be entertained constantly. [What a pleasant surprise.] Pretty sure by this point you've figured out that I don't need you to amuse me. I'm perfectly capable of keeping myself occupied.

Besides, there's some human saying about how there's knowledge in silence. By studying body language, even in sleep, you can figure out some traits on the individual. Naturally, having a human body helps with that. It's easier to pinpoint it on a human than a Pokémon, I think. Another upside to humanisation, I suppose.

[Sonny couldn't help but laugh.]

Haha! Wow! What? No, I didn't think anything like that!

[He didn't think he'd ever strung together anything even remotely resembling 'some attention deficit hyperactive disorderly punk' before in his life.]

I guess you can learn a lot about someone by the way they sleep. Restless sleepers and stuff. I don't know what I'm like when I'm asleep except that I used to snore a lot before I discovered breathing strips.

[He fooled around in his pocket for a moment before pulling one out.]

You never know when a nap might strike. Always be prepared!

I get the feeling that you are the only person in the academy, Sonny, who could suffer from a nap attack.

[Lofting an eyebrow, Voile motioned indicatively. Even acted it out for him.]

Next thing you know, you'll be in the cafeteria ready to eat, you'll lean over to put some salt on something—your potatoes, I don't know—and then you'll just pass out. With your face in potatoes.

Maybe you should be wearing those strips all of the time.

Well, I DO like potatoes. With salt and butter and gravy and sour cream.

[Yes. All at once. No, you can't judge him.]

But I have a little more control than THAT! At least enough to lean back in my seat instead of slump forward!

...
Do you? Really?

[That was the face of a Gardevoir who didn't believe what he was hearing.]

I think you're full of it, honestly. I think if there was food in front of you and you had to start a war between food and sleep, regardless of the form you were in, you wouldn't be able to fully control your impulses. You might try, but I think you'd fail at it. A lot.

No way! Maybe when I was younger, but not for at least probably two years!

[He'd worked very hard on this thankyouverymuch.]

Old habits can come back, you know.

[Or maybe he didn't. Not that it mattered too much. Sonny was his own person and Voile had to respect that. And he imagined that if the roles had been reversed, Voile's patience for people telling him what to do would have been lacking.]

But whatever. If you say so, Sonny. Who am I to call your bluff?

Hey, if you ever SEE me asleep with my face in a plate of mashed potato - and no-one put it there as a joke - THEN you can call it!

You're damn right I will, Sonny. And when that happens, because it will, I'll have the pictures to prove it and I will very loudly say I told you so.

And then you're going to be my servant for a week.

Well, sure, that's fine. But it's kind of an unfair bet! What would be the counter circumstance that would let you be my servant for a week? Just if I don't fall asleep in my food for a certain number of days or weeks?

Well. Yeah. We can do that.

[Because he was pretty certain he'd be the one to win.]

I won't lose, though.

[Sonny held out his hand for Voile to shake. Hey, if this was going to be a bet it better be official!]

We'll see about that!

[Voile really knew nothing about making wagers, but he'd seen enough in social media to know what came next. He took Sonny's hand and gave it a rather firm shake. Definitely nothing like the dainty hand he normally had.]

Yes. I just suppose we will.

[But with the smug little grin he was wearing, he was still pretty sure he'd be coming out on top.]

[Alright - a firm handshake! That worked for Sonny!]

So, how long is the bet going to last? And do we have to use up our week of servant-ing immediately or could we call on it at a later time?

Like... I would know.

[Voile lifted his eyebrows.]

I've never made a wager before, so whatever you want to do is fine.

Alright. If it's my choice... I'm going to say three weeks. Longer than a fortnight, shorter than a month and we can wait until when we want to have the other be our servant. That means if it winds up being a bad week for us in three weeks time, we can just waive it until things are easier.

[That all seemed entirely reasonable, right?]

That sounds fine to me.

[Because again, he had nothing to compare it to. It'd definitely be something to make a note of for later purposes, however.]

Anything else people do to seal accords or did we already do that with the handshaking?

Nope! I'm pretty sure that makes it official!

[He'd already done plenty of uncharacteristic things so far. It wasn't going to hurt to do one or two more. So after a moment's consideration, he made a 'thumbs up' gesture.]makes it official.

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