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A Wurmple wriggled its way onto Elisabeth's skirt as Melody spoke, nosing up at the blonde curiously before she gently nudged the tiny Bug aside.

"You are an idealist, Miss Miro, but that is not an entirely bad thing."

It was a slightly saddening thing, to Elisabeth, given the unlikelihood of such a fate ever existing in reality. She had chosen her own alignment for many reasons, but one was the quiet reality that the world was always rife with unseen dangers. At least if you walked among the shadows, you knew the worst of them firsthand.

Her emerald eyes glanced to meet Melody's, looking up at the pink-haired woman thoughtfully for a moment.

"I will share a secret with you. I am one of those who sometimes harbors discontent with the League. Yet when I speak with members of it, like you, my concerns are quelled at least a little bit. Because I believe your sincerity in your wish to defend Hoenn and wish its members well."

Being Rocket didn't mean that Elisabeth wanted Hoenn to fail; far from it. She simply preferred an avenue where she could wield her own power to greater heights.

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She frowns "I understand why anyone would be discontent with the league. Not everyone in the league has good intentions." she replies "I just wish I knew who did and who did not to root them out." she complains as she gives up on gardening, feeling more like the garden was serving as just an environment for their therapy session to a total stranger. [break][break]

Yet for Elisabeth's pokemon to be crawling all over her, she must have truly put in the work and care into making them feel special right? How could someone like that be bad? She tilts her head. "What are some of the issues you have with the league if you don't really mind me asking..maybe I could help?" she offered, maybe they were too disconnected from the little guy like skyler dross thought?

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A wry smile tugged at Elisabeth's lips, surprised despite herself. This was a delicate matter, and she'd have to navigate it with some finesse.

For as open as Melody Miro was, she certainly asked perceptive and insightful questions.

"I don't think you'll find my answer all that helpful, admittedly. I'm a bit cynical about authority, in any respect. I dislike that the council can decide things without full transparency to the public."

I like to have a say in what's happening around me, was the unspoken addition to that statement.

She sighed, shrugging lightly as she caught Melody's gaze.

"But I suppose that's the necessary evil of bureaucracy. If everything was transparent at all times, certainly some bad-faith actors could act on it."

Herself included, she supposed.

"What are your thoughts, as someone who has seen the council in action?"

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She wondered if it was an issue that was within her power to rectify but it seemed not to be. Melody frowned, she had wanted to help Elisabeth as the woman seemed rather nice. [break][break]

She was then asked another seemingly pointed question..did she have a goal in mind? "Well. I don't really have much of an opinion on them, I've yet to really know GABRIEL BLACK Elinor Anderson or PENELOPE LIVY . Penelope at least made a good impression on me...gabe is...rather serious, and Elinor I havent really spoken to. " she says as she then dove into the meat of who she DID know. [break][break]

"And FERNANDO SILPH...He's a rather..interesting individual, cold, calculated, not afraid to speak his mind. But part of me thinks he sometimes does it from a place of goodness, or just very critical. I'm not entirely sure honestly."

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Although Elisabeth's attention appeared to have focused once more upon planting the flowers that had drawn them both here, her true focus remained on every word that Melody Miro spoke aloud.

Some might call her inclination nosy. Elisabeth considered it a desire to be well-informed.

She had her own opinion on the council, having met each of its members individually. The full extent of what Elisabeth knew, and how she felt about that knowledge, wasn't something that the florist felt inclined to share in its entirety.

Still, Elisabeth understood she was to offer something in return, if she had any hope of teasing this conversation out longer.

"Given his demeanor and physique, I can see how GABRIEL BLACK could be seen as serious." Self-interested was the word that Elisabeth would have used. She hadn't missed the admission of how he wished for the Blacks to seize power, as the families in Kalos once had. It was not something she held against the councilman; it was a natural inclination, to want to leave a legacy.

But it was far from, say, the motivations that brought Elinor Anderson into office.

"I had the pleasure of working for a charity gala that Councilwoman Anderson ran in the wake of the Darkest Day. She seems an idealist, focused on bridging the divide between the League and its civilians." But with idealism came infinitely more obstacles. Elisabeth herself was a cynic; more battles were won with compromise and the staining of one's hands than with pretty words and dreams.

Her voice, although pleasant, became something a bit more detached here as she shrugged at the mention of PENELOPE LIVY.

"Miss Livy's ascent to councilwoman surprised me. I'm curious to see how she fares, as she seemed well-suited to her work in journalism." What sounded like a compliment to Penelope's work ethic was anything but, given the private disdain Elisabeth held for that profession.

It surprised her, slightly, that Melody had the most to say about FERNANDO SILPH. Imagining the two in conversation was a somewhat difficult thing to picture.

Then again, her understanding of that man was far removed from any of his political aspirations. Those she understood like any other civilian at a distance, filtered through media and news outlets.

She'd never known him to be cold, but fully believed he could be. Elisabeth believed a great deal many things about the councilman that she'd never observed herself, firsthand.

Perhaps some of that surprise showed on her face, given the question that Elisabeth asked next after a long, thoughtful pause.

"Councilman Silph sounds like a complicated man. Do you trust him?"

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She pauses for a moment, pondering Elisabeth's question. [break][break]

Did she trust Fernando? "No, not really." she answers "But it's unfair to him. He's not betrayed my trust I think but I don't really trust any of them at the moment." she says as she tries to tip toe around the conversation without giving too much away. [break][break]

"I've had friends stab me in the back and enemies offer me mercy so trust is something each person needs to earn from me I suppose." she says as MATIAS SILPH was one of her closest friends, and while she understood the necessity of his actions (despite it being such a gamble) she hated that he hadn't talked to her. [break][break]

While Chu-e Choi who was the one who helped her mother control her, was the one who sought her out to undo his evils upon the world. "However, it seems to be a common trait amongst many people in our station to be complicated. I was the most normal one until recently. But that'll be a story for another time." she says clearing her throat as she stood up suddenly. "Sorry for wearing out your ears."

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Was it wrong that this answer relieved her?

It felt affirming, somehow, to have a member of the League like Melody Miro echo Rocket's sentiments about the man, albeit unintentionally.

So when Melody voiced doubts of her own judgment, Elisabeth shrugged. "I don't know. Our intuition can often speak to more than we realize. I wish I had trusted mine more often in the past, at least."

How many times had Elisabeth herself ignored the silent alarms that rang in her own head? Far too many times to count. Even with all her walls, there were still too many days she felt she trusted too easily.

"I think it's wise to expect trust to be earned, rather than given too freely." She stopped here for a moment, turning to the pink-haired woman with a sincerity in her voice that could not be faked. "I am sorry that you've come to that conclusion through pain, however."

Elisabeth herself had learned that very same lesson, in that very same way.

As Melody rebuked herself for rambling, the florist shook her head, patting the soil of her newly-planted daisy as she did so.

"You don't need to apologize. I asked, and you were kind enough to answer me. I like listening."

Here she offered a slight smile.

"I think most of us are complicated, to tell you the truth."

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"Is that so?" she asks as Elisabeth comments that everyone is complicated. "I suppose if everyone were simple there would be no war then.[break][break]

She looked around, realizing how much time they really took up speaking for so long. "Ah! Well I need to get going, but I hope to speak with you again soon Elisabeth. I think that talk actually helped me out quite a bit." she says happy that the woman allowed Melody to speak of her woes for so long. She hoped she'd be able to return the favor one day.

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"I am certain of it," Elisabeth declared, rising up from the ground to admire their handiwork. "There is no such thing, I think, as a simple, uninteresting person. We all have our own stories to tell."

She brushed loose soil from her skirt, looking at the various flowers that now bloomed here in abundance. A few Butterfree and Vivillon had already curiously flitted close, enjoying the aroma of the fresh blossoms.

"I think your first foray into gardening is a success, Miss Miro, despite the dark tidings you promised me. Perhaps you have found your green thumb after all."

The earnestness of Melody's gratitude silently pleased and flattered her; Elisabeth didn't have much confidence in her ability to bond with others, but moments like this one, she felt a contentedness at having been of use to another person.

It warmed her heart in some quiet, lonely way.

"I enjoyed talking to you too, Melody. Be well."

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