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"oh hey - it's you! mr. football dad!"

[break][break] ollie walks across the field to see the redhead that he'd met - what - a few months ago now? it was kind funny how coincidences were.

[break][break] his own sawsbucks were in a heated battle in the center of the field, their antlers locked together.

[break][break] "come to think of it... we never exchanged names, right? i'm ollie! what's yours?"

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councilman, boss, sir, even mr. black — all his usual names, or titles. football dad was something he'd never have coined.

[break][break]he suppresses the sigh.
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"gabriel." how did this man not know the name of his boss's boss?

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"..."

[break][break] ollie blinks. gabriel... gabe.... why did it feel like a name he was supposed to remember?

[break][break] "woah! no way! councilman gabe?!"

[break][break] a MEGA HORN from one of his sawsbuck pushes into his other, hoof marks dragging into the dirt.

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what clued him in? the fact he was nearly 7', red-headed, scarred, and missing one arm? no, it was the name. a common name, if anything.

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"indeed," he confirms, expression non-pulsed, "any relation to professor morales?"

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"you look... different than i pictured."

[break][break] how did he picture him exactly? younger? handsomer? less... grumpy?

[break][break] maybe the HBS newsletter that he'd read didn't quite capture councilman GABRIEL BLACK's essence. he could blame that on PENELOPE LIVY.

[break][break] "yeah!" he beamed. "she's my sister. how could you tell?"

[break][break] in the distance a SOLAR BEAM blasts forth, but his sawsbuck avoids it.

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"your name. i've known who you were since that night, mr. morales." it would be a shameful display if he hadn't.

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he nudges a head in the stags' direction.
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"settling a dispute?"

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he'd been half-joking, but to hear GABRIEL BLACK respond so seriously to him was a bit sobering. so, these were the kinds of people that PENELOPE LIVY had to interact with on a daily basis, huh?

[break][break] "i guess that'd make sense." he gives a slight laugh, and then blinks at the mention of his two sawsbuck.

[break][break] "in a way — yeah. nutmeg ate nutella's bushel of favorite berries last night, so she's giving him her piece of mind today."

[break][break] "how about you?"

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many who spoke to gabriel recounters similar stories, of course. ollie wasn't the first to be thrown off his tempo by the rather muted mannerisms of the councilman.
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he turns his attention to the sawsbuck in question.
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"seems a bit barbaric," but, his pride did similar things. at the question, he automatically turns towards the two steel-dragons.
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"aim-training. they're new acquisitions, and they're meant for anti-siege artillery's. or," this one brings an almost cruel smile to his lips, "shoot down an avatar's beast."

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ollie snorts.

[break][break] "you telling me you never had a tussle with your own brother?" a pause. "wait — do you have brothers, g-sir?" it occurs to him that he ought to tack on something respectful on the end of his verbage; wouldn't want Eva Morales to get a lashing or anything.

[break][break] his eyes widen - half in awe, and half in curiosity. "an avatar's beast? that's pretty ambitious."

[break][break] on the topic of avatars, ollie has never had to think much about it. kanto didn't have those, and neither did kalos. to be honest, he was conflicted about the whole thing. while he knew war was an inevitability, he'd never loved the idea of injuring anyone — not even those who deserved it.

[break][break] "still, pretty cool though. i see why they made you council."

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"i have siblings," he says cryptically, effectively avoiding milky's probes at the greater Black family lineage.
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"perhaps." it was true that the legendaries and their human-flock were notoriously difficult to put down, but, that didn't mean impossible. "at the end of the day though, they are still mortal."
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well, most of them that is.
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the two steel-dragons rise from their lax position, their barrels having cooled down from a previous barrage.
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"keep me informed of any issues, won't you, mr. morales?" on the turn of his heel, he makes his way from the training grounds, two lumbering siege weapons in tow.

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