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[Normally Naoya wouldn't bother with a post like this, but he's at his wit's end. He's done his best to try to solve it himself, but it's not working... so it's a rather frazzled-looking Naoya who appears on the screen, barely holding on to a very frightened-looking Ralts.]

[The Ralts in question is making tiny squeaking noises and looks like she wants to cry and hide rather than be anywhere in the area. Any Pokémon watching can probably hear her squeaking 'he is a bad and scary man'.]

Most of my Pokémon are rather well behaved. This one, however... doesn't seem to want to be anywhere near me. I haven't done anything to scare her. She just hatched a few days ago.

Has anyone else had problems with a Ralts that... doesn't seem to like them?

[He just... turns the video off. He'll put her back in her Pokeball now because... he doesn't know what else to do.]

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Not at all. Some of them look forward to it, since it allows them to push their limitations.

But is it truly their limitations, or those of fusion partner? How can they tell?

Certain demons are just considered stronger than others. It's something like Pokemon evolutionary stages - a baby Pokemon will never be as strong as an evolved form. You may be able to defeat them, but it's due to cleverness, rather than physical skill.

Guess that would make it easier to tell. I just hope they don't use their new skill as an excuse to ignore cleverness.

Generally no, but sometimes they do. That tends to happen more in certain demonic lines, though. Cats tend to always be fairly clever and... well. Catty.

Why am I not surprised? That's already a common trait for them; being demonic should only make that worse.

Pretty much. It's generally those that used to be gods that still think they can get by on brute strength. The Norse ones tend to be some of the worst.

[And then there's Loki, but Loki is Loki.]

...I'm not an expert in myths and legends, but somehow that sounds very appropriate.

I've had to work with a lot of them. Or at least study them enough to be able to work out their summoning rituals.

Let me guess: they usually involve burnt offerings and virgin sacrifices?

I don't think most of them would turn it down, but it's not required, no.

...Sounds like standards have dropped over the last few millenia.

It's less that and more that the energy that those provide has always been the real catalyst for it. Find alternative sources and you can summon them just fine.

Would a fully functional reactor or power plant count as an alternative source?

... Not that sort of energy. Emotional energy is what's needed.

Damn. I guess that would have been too easy, if expensive.

There's also the fact that I think most demons wouldn't know what a power plant was if you put them in front of one.

...It's not like they had power plants back in their times, unless everything I've learned about history is a lie.

They didn't. Your history books are safe in that respect.

And only in that respect, but I'll take it. It's not as if that particular bit of information is relevant, in my world.

It's important to remember that history is written by the victors. So of course the history books are wrong in many ways.

Sometimes, they don't even need to be victors to write things down incorrectly. Being assholes with an agenda suffices.

Pretty much. Honestly, I don't know why that surprises people anymore. History doesn't change, but the telling of it does.

...And even when the telling is the same, the interpretation can be different.

Exactly. At least you're intelligent enough to be able to figure that out.

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