The blonde couldn't help but give a shrug of his shoulders. Did he have anything that required his attention? Not necessarily. If anything, he'd likely just go back to their working quarters and make sure all the dogs were present and accounted for. They had some culling in their future given the shape of some of her fighters seemed to diminish a great deal. Roman came to realize that it was a mercy kill if anything. (Did some of them let themselves get to that state so they could be put out of their misery? It seemed shameful, really.) He remained knelt and looked up at the redhead -- a natural position for the two, albeit this went without Lorelei's typical encouragement of the tip of her boots as they propped up his chin.

"I'll simply be cleaning up in your place is all."

The answer came simple and forward. Their work got messy, but with the right cleanup to it, it didn't seem too bad. Roman looked to the Arctozolt that Lorelei had out and gave a humored scoff. It was a far cry from her typical dogs, so he had to admit he was a little surprised at the sight of the new addition to her team.

"I'm surprised that pink thing on the pup isn't here with you instead."

He affectionately referred to Goobly the Ditto, of course.

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A humored hum left his lips at the mention of how she was as a baby. Even now well into adulthood, she had a broad physique, but it suited her. Only the best for his personal bodyguard, he supposed. As he listened to her, he looked down at their intertwined fingers and only broke away when she stated that she liked to hear about him more. For a fraction of a second, his grip tightened just a little out of his own deep fears. To him, showing too much vulnerability was a weakness. Cato let out a shaky breath and spoke low, but in careful thought as though he attempted to unravel himself just a bit.

"I... Can't really say I know what to share with you," he admitted. "Nothing I'm sure you haven't read with my psychiatric and medical evaluations, at least."

He made sure that the same person who was supposed to act as his bodyguard knew the ins and outs of his health evaluations. It wasn't long until he looked at his Delphox as if longing for some reassurance from his lifelong partner. The fox simply nodded its head to its trainer and Cato let out a shaky breath.

"I can't recall much about my own mother, admittedly. The details I do know aren't for prying ears though. As for myself? I certainly prefer being at the thrall of a calculator and paperwork than being out in public like this, but it's... A nice change, I must admit."

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RHUGONE

Everything happened in a blur -- while hands quickly reached out to try and catch his pink haired companion, it seemed he wasn't quick enough. Fritz notably winced the moment her ass hit the ground. But the fact she managed to get up again with little to no trouble was enough to reassure him that she hadn't broken anything. While her team gave the misbehaved Glaceon a stern talking to, Fritz decided to help the poor woman up off of her feet. This meant she'd likely be out of commission while some of her other teammates tried to form their snowboy. In the meantime, he opted to carry her on his back so she could at least rest her no doubt bruised tailbone.

"You know they're not being serious when they tell you to get out there and break a leg, right?"

His sarcasm was his way of showing that he cared, really.

"But really, if this is uncomfortable, I'll put you down. Maybe once we get home, we can get you and your tailbone on some ice."

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"isn't it ice that kind of did this?" alimentary canal sobbed, snot already running down her nose as her eyes puffed up exponentially. she wasn't having an allergic reaction, but she was definitely looking like it - perpetually cursed to look and act the role of the ugly bimbo. luckily for aleve, she didn't quite care what people thought of her and she largely made her money out of making a mockery of her own ideas and romantic wishes she forced into the realm of others. this kept her from losing her mind, though her body caught up with her clumsiness quite quickly - as shown at that moment. [break]
when fritz carried her, she seemed to immediately overheat - tipping backwards. she was flustered, seeing this scene as something out of the various raunchy fanfics she had written and posted without trepidation or hesitation.[break]
"y-you don't have to do that!" ambetter insurance cried out hopelessly, wiggling her legs gently but not meaning to bother fritz in her attempt to let him know his gesture was recognized and appreciated despite her worrying about him. fritz was perfectly fine, but it was in her nature to put her friends before herself and this moment was no different. "i'm sure barney wouldn't mind --" no, the dragon type would mind. this was made obvious by the way it put the glaceon down and glared at its trainer as if to say 'take the ride and don't bother me' while it picked up the slack of the snowboy building. [break]
"haha on other hand, i hope i'm not too heavy! sorry about being a bother!"
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with its trainer out of the way for the time being, the dragonite sighed as it started to form another piece of snow into a ball. it hoped to make the appropriate head for the snowboy, but it wasn't too sure how to do so with the various snow ribbons its trainer had managed to make. this would be an overly-decorated snow monster of some kind but the pokemon seemed to kind of appreciate that fact as it snickered and went to continue rolling a ball with the help of the rest of the pink-haired trainer's team forming their own smaller versions in case this one didn't turn out right.
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with a sigh and a tap of a claw to its right temple, the dragonite saw that this would not be good enough. the ball had been too big - forming a good base as opposed to a head. going to inspect the balls the rest of the team had made, it hoped there would be something good among them. it wasn't that the dragonite didn't appreciate the rest of aimee's team like family, but it didn't quite trust the newest additions. fortunately for them all, there was one head piece rolled out and went atop the finished snowboy.[break]

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It came as a relief to him that Rhugone didn't wish to press him for any answers. Cato didn't really care to speak of his own personal matters not because they were too traumatizing or anything of that nature, but it was due to the fact that even now, he wasn't sure if he distinguished them from dream or reality. Was his suffering just a manifestation from a deep seated psychosis? Or did it actually happen? Even now, he felt the lines of dream and reality blur to the point he found it hard to distinguish what was real. But the way the cold nipped at his skin, he knew right here and right now was real. The cold helped to ground him as he looked back down at the snow. It was a shame that all good things eventually had an end to them.

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Alas, he wasn't surprised Lorelei managed to finish her snowboy. He was leagues behind anyway, especially due to the fact of his late arrival. He seemed too focused in that moment to even bother trying to do anything to undermine her. Hands worked meticulously with the snow in an attempt to shape the perfect piece for his own snowboy. Perhaps if it became too much, he'd throw his pokemon out to help him a bit. Not that the quadrupeds could do much other than play in the snow. Perhaps when he was done, he'd happily treat himself and Lorelei to some peppermint hot cocoa.

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It grew a little frustrating that he couldn't properly form the final piece, but he was nothing if not a patient man. Even his Delphox seemed exasperated in the way the snow didn't want to hold firm for the bottom. Alas, Cato was never a fan of simply giving up. Once they gathered their bearings, he began to carefully pack the snow once more and allowed his Delphox to help him roll it out.

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