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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Yeah, I've been fine. I don't even live anywhere near them anymore." While trying to think of a way to change the subject, Andre realized he'd gotten rather hungry. "Say, it's been a while since I ate," he started. "Would you like to get a bite to eat? There's got to be someplace nearby that...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Oh, dear. Andre had brought this on himself. He took a moment to think about his answer... "I sold weed," he finally said. "I sold weed and the local gang didn't like it. I was young and stupid. Haven't done it since."
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Oh, that's so cute!" "Well, she's in college, studying linguistics, but she does have a Patraton - oh, right, should explain, that's basically a website where people can support your creative work monetarily - yeah, a Patraton for some income from the webcomic. It used to be a hobby, but then...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "I'm glad you got to do what you wanted with your life even if your parents opposed it," Andre said. "Probably," he said. "Then again, I hear that archeology can be back-breaking. Toiling on a digsite for hours in the sun... doesn't sound appealing, but I also can't turn up my nose at that...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre smiled at Dave's smirk, though he didn't know if being mistaken for five or ten years older than he actually was was a good thing. At least it wasn't because of his looks. "Truth be told, I haven't fully decided yet," he said. "I'd need to find the balance between things I'm interested in...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Well, some are myths, but then there are pokémon that were definitely real and were just thought of and worshipped as gods by humans and pokémon alike. Like Ho-Oh and Lugia, of which there are early photographs, and also thousands of consistent paintings. They haven't been seen after the...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre nodded along to Dave as he spoke. "Well, people worship all kinds of things," Andre said, "or used to. Less of that now, but there are still diverse beliefs. Some worship gods that are said to be pokémon, some worship gods that have both human and pokémon forms, some worship gods that...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Oh, wow," Andre said. That certainly wasn't a bar brawl. "No, the criminals I've had to deal with were just... regular gang members, really. It's a long story that I'd rather not get into." He cleared his throat. "Though I have met some religious nuts in my time. Met one guy who was a devout...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre had completely forgotten about the 'experience with criminals' remark he'd made. Gods, he really should have thought twice and considered how that may sound. Thankfully, Dave had said he wasn't judging. If he meant that. "Huh." Why had that person tried to kill Dave? Bar brawl? Could you...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Well, it is kind of a sixth sense, yeah," Andre said. "It's... probably not going to make sense to someone who's never had it, like colors to someone who's been blind since birth, but I guess the closest thing to it is hearing. You can tell what direction an aura is coming from, like a sound...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Aura is a type of measurable energy, yeah," Andre said. "Humans and pokémon radiate aura in different patterns when they have certain emotions or they're, like, thinking really hard. Ghosts use aura waves to communicate and to sniff out stressed out targets to absorb life from, lucario convert...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Well, it's like... there are species that always turn out sapient, species that can turn out sapient if raised with the right stimuli, and species that can't turn out sapient no matter how they're raised. A lot of the always-sapient species are humanoid, and I think the theory is that it's...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre nodded. "I'm a human, yes, and absolutely. This is about how it went down in the Unovan States. The Borean settlers displaced the indigenous peoples of the place, mostly human but also some mon, like the gurdurr line, the gothitelle line, the bisharp line..." He paused. "How are pokémon...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    A voice snapped Andre out of his thoughts. He looked over to see a familiar mightyena. Andre smiled, even if he knew this one wasn't really a ray of sunshine. He did seem to be a mon of sense, though. "Well, history has always intrigued me," he began. "While the narrative they tell here is...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Well... this is all very strange," Andre said, "but I'm happy for you, Ghaspius!" He would have pat him on the back, but he didn't know if Ghaspius really liked to be touched. He tried to show a thumbs-up instead, but remembered that he had hooves. Face heating up, he lowered his hoof and hoped...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre was stumped looking at the code. It couldn't have been letter substitution if it went up to 102 - and he wasn't sure how that would work when everything was being translated for them anyway. A figurative lightbulb lit up above Andre's head. "Wait, atomic? Could it be... atomic numbers?"
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Thank you! It was very informative. Looking forward to next time!" Andre said, smiling warmly. He hopped off the train and produced a vine to wave goodbye. Andre was looking away when the bump happened, but turned around once the scrafty spoke. He frowned at the reptile's rudeness, but his...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre nodded reservedly as the Conductor recounted Fermlein's story. It did sound pretty legit after all. Well, it wasn't as if self-made people were a complete myth, especially when industry and technology were growing so quickly. "That's alright," he said when the dwebble offered the book...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    Andre hummed, though tried not to make it sound too disapproving. He didn't like the idea of a corporation having so much power, but he didn't want to cause an argument. Andre took the chance to pry. "You said Fermlein was a self-made mon. What's the story there?" When it came to anyone...
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    Novelux The Museum of Everlasting Brilliance

    "Human-opposed..." Andre mused. "Wasn't there some group some Wayfarers met months back that had those notions? Forgot the name. Then again, could be someone totally different... this city is big." The idea of walking around didn't seem to even occur to Andre, the deerling too deep in thought.
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