Far from it! He found him quite aggravating and was often put off by him, but... he undeniably had respect for him now.
Would you believe Trip didn't fully consider himself that sort? He knew it was evil, he just believed it was necessary.
"Tranquill," Trip said. "Ash has one too, although it may have evolved into Unfezant by now. You might want to see it, the males and females have very different plumage. The males are more showy, and the females more dull, a brown colour to better hide their nests and eggs."
He could show Gold pictures of male and female Unfezant later, it was Gold's turn to continue his story.
"... Giovanni?" Trip offered. "Like the Viridian Gym Leader?"
Like. Assuming this is a different person...?
"Forcing Magikarp to evolve early... hold on, I think I might have heard of this before. Or at least, something similar to this happened in my world. Can you tell me more about the result...?"
For the rest of that story, however... that did sound bleak. He could easily see it Lance and Cal's way, that it was a cover for something else, maybe some kind of fail-safe, but seeing how troubled Gold looked by it...
"... I hope they made it out alive too."
He was too cynical to believe it, but he wanted it to be true, for Gold's sake.
"... they're an old organization, right? Mafia-like. Maybe there's some honour among thieves..."
Tranquill gently nudged Gold's chest with the flat of his beak, nestling closer, trying to offer some comfort, even if he didn't fully understand the whole story.
"You did what you could. The fact that you care about them this much already shows you're better than those guys."
((Alas, if the two-parter had aired, that would have meant Giovanni would be known, at least to Unova's socialites and politicians at that masquerade party, buuut... dubious canonicity / dropped out of continuity...))
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Would you believe Trip didn't fully consider himself that sort? He knew it was evil, he just believed it was necessary.
"Tranquill," Trip said. "Ash has one too, although it may have evolved into Unfezant by now. You might want to see it, the males and females have very different plumage. The males are more showy, and the females more dull, a brown colour to better hide their nests and eggs."
He could show Gold pictures of male and female Unfezant later, it was Gold's turn to continue his story.
"... Giovanni?" Trip offered. "Like the Viridian Gym Leader?"
Like. Assuming this is a different person...?
"Forcing Magikarp to evolve early... hold on, I think I might have heard of this before. Or at least, something similar to this happened in my world. Can you tell me more about the result...?"
For the rest of that story, however... that did sound bleak. He could easily see it Lance and Cal's way, that it was a cover for something else, maybe some kind of fail-safe, but seeing how troubled Gold looked by it...
"... I hope they made it out alive too."
He was too cynical to believe it, but he wanted it to be true, for Gold's sake.
"... they're an old organization, right? Mafia-like. Maybe there's some honour among thieves..."
Tranquill gently nudged Gold's chest with the flat of his beak, nestling closer, trying to offer some comfort, even if he didn't fully understand the whole story.
"You did what you could. The fact that you care about them this much already shows you're better than those guys."
((Alas, if the two-parter had aired, that would have meant Giovanni would be known, at least to Unova's socialites and politicians at that masquerade party, buuut... dubious canonicity / dropped out of continuity...))