~=-+ Pokemon Spotlight +-=~ (Game, sort of)

[Lady Vulpix]

<Hero> You're very welcome. And please, if you ever come across Lord Absol, which I hope you don't, don't mention any of those names you just listed. He doesn't have a good sense of humor. I don't really know a whole lot about what elves are like. I know they look a lot like humans, but they have pointy ears and sometimes other more subtle physical differences... unless they're using an illusion or something to change their appearance. Teclis does that a lot. And they seem to be attuned to magic and/or nature and/or this land and/or I'm not quite sure what I'm talking about. There are not that many of them left, and the few that are still alive are not terribly open about themselves. Oh, and they can live for a really long time without showing signs of aging. But that didn't save most of them from getting themselves killed in the Sundering. As far as I know, only a few of them survived, and some mingled with humans and left descendants who can enter the Forbidden Mountains but you couldn't tell they have elven blood by looking at them. I dunno, maybe half elves look more like elves, but after a few more generations they're basically human.

And thus concludes today's lesson of History with Hero. This spotlight really is fun, I'd never thought I'd be giving history lessons.

As for the griffin story... I find it more weird than interesting. Caledor once found himself in another dimension after a battle against the Dark Cloak... right when he evolved if I recall correctly. That Dark Cloak soldier had some crazy psychic powers, and we had to join forces to beat him, but then weirdness ensued. Gabi, Lagi and Ventura were transported too. It was quite scary for those of us who stayed behind, not knowing what was going on with them. But we worried for nothing, because it turned out they'd been just chilling out or something. And Caledor met a griffin who started calling him Golden.

<Caledor> That's not exactly how it happened. The girls were sent to Bei by a psychic shockwave and I went after them to bring them back. It was hard to follow the traces of psychic energy they had left, especially since I was just starting to get used to my psychic powers.

<Hero> Because you're so much better with them now. Whatever. Weird shenanigans. Not the kind of thing I'd like to see everyday.

<Caledor> Is that why I have never seen you use Extrasensory?

<Hero> I will use that move when the situation calls for it. So far, it hasn't. All that psychic stuff is too delicate, I say better leave it to the experts until I'm sure I won't do anything wrong.

<Caledor> Come on, it's not like you could tear a hole in the fabric of the universe!

<Hero> A hole in my own head would be bad enough. Or ending up crazy like Solitude.

<Lagi> Solitude's not crazy. She's troubled, but she's well placed in reality and in full control of her own actions. And she'd feel much better if you didn't treat her like she was insane.

<Hero> If you say so... I could never make any sense out of her. But well, if I ever see her again I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.