[Oh that's definitely what's happening right now. Steven's trying to get a read on Risotto, as well as establish himself as a reliable senior in the organization.
He smiles, seemingly unconcerned, although it doesn't quite extend to his eyes,]
Oh yes. A few dozen more--it fluctuates, because sometimes people are returned home, but I'd say at any given time there's fifty to a hundred people from other worlds in the Kanto and Johto regions. We have channels on our pokegears just for us--if you look, you should be able to find the one for otherworlders on Team Rocket and the one for otherworlders in general.
[He sets his coffee cup down and steeples his fingers in front of him.]
Today's your last day of training, right? They should probably be taking your group out into the city to have you steal from actual citizens for your assessment. And starting tomorrow you'll be allowed to leave the base whenever you wish. I'll make sure your street clothes are ready by the time they let you out of training--you can just pick the up at desk like you would any other package. I'll get your sizes from the quartermaster.
[He says it very casually. He's done this before, it's clear.]
And I suppose I am, although it's admittedly been a longer than usual gap between recruits. Last summer we were getting new people nearly every other week--it's a pity that most of them seem to have been relocated home.
[Like Beau, who came and went between Lanque and Risotto, but forgive Steven if he wanted to simplify things earlier.]
At any rate, someone needs to help the new ones get accustomed to how we do things here, so why not me? It makes things run much more smoothly when I do.
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He smiles, seemingly unconcerned, although it doesn't quite extend to his eyes,]
Oh yes. A few dozen more--it fluctuates, because sometimes people are returned home, but I'd say at any given time there's fifty to a hundred people from other worlds in the Kanto and Johto regions. We have channels on our pokegears just for us--if you look, you should be able to find the one for otherworlders on Team Rocket and the one for otherworlders in general.
[He sets his coffee cup down and steeples his fingers in front of him.]
Today's your last day of training, right? They should probably be taking your group out into the city to have you steal from actual citizens for your assessment. And starting tomorrow you'll be allowed to leave the base whenever you wish. I'll make sure your street clothes are ready by the time they let you out of training--you can just pick the up at desk like you would any other package. I'll get your sizes from the quartermaster.
[He says it very casually. He's done this before, it's clear.]
And I suppose I am, although it's admittedly been a longer than usual gap between recruits. Last summer we were getting new people nearly every other week--it's a pity that most of them seem to have been relocated home.
[Like Beau, who came and went between Lanque and Risotto, but forgive Steven if he wanted to simplify things earlier.]
At any rate, someone needs to help the new ones get accustomed to how we do things here, so why not me? It makes things run much more smoothly when I do.