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[Jean very quickly but gently gets Eren off his lap, setting the Trubbish down on the floor.]

Hang on there, buddy...

[Some scuffling and a few soft curses later, and Jean has the communicator propped up so Eren can look into it and talk to his friend.]

You guys have fun, okay? Eren, come find me if Krieg finishes training with Spark Ball and wants to talk.

[And he'll leave the garbage buddies to have their garbage talk, trusting that Eren will come get him if Krieg wants to talk once he's done getting his ass kicked by Spark Ball. Yes, sending the Electrode to Krieg had been a very good decision.]

[Oh! This is working out even better than he'd thought! He hadn't expected to get a chat with his garbage pal when he'd swiped his trainer's 'Gear. So he happily settles in to catch up on all the latest garbage news.

They get a good twenty or twenty five minutes' worth of trash talk (ha!) in before Krieg finally wraps up with Spark Ball and limps over to see what Slag Stack is up too, SB rolling along behind, letting off little sparks of satisfaction as it goes. Yes, coming to live with Big Hose Face had been an excellent move on its part, A+ decision, would do again. Krieg flops down on the ground next to the Grimer and peers at the device's screen. He grins under his mask when he recognizes the Trubbish.]

Hey, Trash Bag - where's your boss?

Trubbiiiiiiish!

[Eren chitters happily when he sees Big Hose Face--hello, enormous human friend! you look like you've had a good time fighting with one of the shocky ones!--but he gets up and toddles off screen. A few moments later, Jean returns, wearing a new pair of pants that don't have trash juice on them, and flops down on the floor. Eren sits beside him, waving again at Slag Stack and Big Hose Face in the communicator.]

Hey! Looks like things are working out pretty well over there!

[It's a bit more hardcore with training than Jean himself likes to get, but hey, if it works for Krieg, he's not going to question it.]

Did you give it to him good, Spark Ball?

[Ugh, that little trash pokemon is so silly and cute, Krieg waves back at it before addressing Jean's remark.]

Mnahahahahaha! Things are working out great!

[Even better than he'd hoped, to be honest.

Spark Ball crackles with loud satisfaction in response to Jean's question, and rolls roughly into Krieg with a loud zap!...which only causes Krieg to twitch and then to laugh again.]

How are the other spark balls?

[Jean winces at the thump and the zap, but it doesn't seem to bother Krieg. Spark Ball is looking immensely satisfied and pleased with himself, far happier than he ever looked with Jean, and that's a very positive sign too. Maybe all he needed to do was tackle the Electrode and engage in full combat with him?]

[.... nah, he's better off with Krieg.]

They're great! Most of them got adopted, so we've only got two that we're taking back to the power plant.

[It turns out Jean can be quite the salesman when it comes to irritable Electrodes.]

[Krieg didn't need an Electrode salesman, he knew he wanted one the moment he saw Blitz use Self Destruct for the first time. The Voltorb line are truly the monsters of his heart.]

Good! I wanna see when you let them go!

[Jean better do a nature documentary style post-rehab release video for those last two spark balls.]

[Krieg is what they call a motivated buyer when it comes to Electrodes. Everyone else had needed some persuasion.]

All right. I'll make sure to call you when we get there. It should be another few weeks, though. [Jean leans in close to the communicator and lowers his voice.] We're going to something called a volcano first, and I'm pretty sure Armin and Bertolt are going to be giant nerds and never want to leave.

[Awww, shit, son! Krieg instantly perks up when he hears those plans.]

Volcanos are bad ass! I climbed one once! You'll like it, too - they vomit and belch and ooze liquid fire!

[...Which is actually quite dangerous, but Krieg's not really the type to go worrying about a little danger, so...]

[Now Krieg, it's not that Jean doesn't appreciate and value your input, but there's something he wants to clear up first before he gets too excited.]

How fast does the liquid fire move?

[Uh, Jean, buddy? He just told you...vomit, belch, and ooze are fairly good indicators of liquid velocity...]

Sometimes fast, sometimes slow! Keeps you on your toes!

[Belch and ooze, yes, but Jean has seen some pretty impressive sickness before, especially after arriving here and eating himself sick, so he wanted to be sure!]

Ah, okay. I'll be careful.

[Grin.]

And if I get in trouble, I'll just ask Polo to carry me to safety.

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