No. He seems to have realised that staying on the down-low after shooting me is the best option, but I'm doing what I can to monitor him without drawing attention.
[it goes without saying he doesn't trust any members of team rocket, let alone an executive.]
Yeah. I was there. [he exhales.] Uh-- jokin' aside, I'm sorry I didn't tell ya. I probably should've given it was a Rocket thing, but I got a bit wrapped up in... well. Not dying.
Lost my shit and kicked the hell out of him again. He really has a way with words that sends ya spirallin' quickly.
[he hesitates in answering for a long time. archie's never missed red and blue more than this moment-- he doesn't doubt blue would've even enjoyed crushing archer in a battle. his voice wavers a little when he continues.]
Makes sense for a criminal enterprise. Don't worry, if Gio shows his face you certainly won't be alone in poundin' him into dust.
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[it hurts him to open it up - still feeling grief over blue and red - but he sends lance the file.]
Voice
[Lance doesn't reply back for several minutes as he reviews the file. Eventually he does though.]
Aside from Nikolai's part at the end, that's actually very impressive. I'll be using it from this point on.
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Voice
[He can’t not agree there.]
Speaking of which, has there been anything from Archer lately?
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[it goes without saying he doesn't trust any members of team rocket, let alone an executive.]
Voice
[His tone is very surprised and his grumpiness melts away for concern.]
Why is this the first I’m hearing about it? Are you all right? Is Nikolai all right? Why isn’t that man in jail?
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Uhh... yeah, a month or so ago. I didn't really tell anyone, honestly... didn't want to make a big thing of it.
[because it sucked and he almost died.]
Nikolai is fine. Archer claimed self-defense and wasn't even really wrong about it, so...
Voice
[He's not going to nag though. That would be Guzma’s job. If Guzma even cares enough which he doubts.]
What did you do?
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Lost my shit and kicked the hell out of him again. He really has a way with words that sends ya spirallin' quickly.
Voice
[He could have helped, but it was moot at this point.]
I can’t really blame you, but not the best way to handle it obviously. Especially now we know he’s armed.
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Fuck! I shoulda even warned ya he's found firearms! [YOU REALLY SCREWED THE POOCHEYNA ON THIS ONE, ARCHIE]
Voice
That would have been good, yeah. I haven’t crossed paths with him though. Yet, anyway. But now I know.
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[a pause, then:] Did you know he's a lawyer?
Voice
And yeah I did. It’s why he’s so good with words.
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Makes sense for a criminal enterprise. Don't worry, if Gio shows his face you certainly won't be alone in poundin' him into dust.
Voice
[Lance didn’t miss that pause or wavering voice.]
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Voice
[He doesn’t sound at all convinced.]
Anyway, I’ll let you be. Thanks for understanding about leaving Aegis.
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Let me know how your Pokémon get on, eh? I'm always happy to give 'em a heal or battle with ya for exercise.
Voice
[Maybe. He doesn’t sound entirely confident of the idea, but it wasn’t a no. Still he was sounding a bit withdrawn.]
See you around, Archie.
[And with that he ends the connection.]