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[The feed starts out with a bit of static, but it wears off soon enough with Vanitas talking.]

Out of Mt. Mortar, starting now.

[Off to the side, his tone goes sour.] Now, you're learning how to freaking swim, and we're taking the other route next time. You got that?

I don't see what the bulge fondling deal was. We made it out just fine!

You're learning how to swim. Deal with it.

So, essentially, what we have here is you not wanting to confront your fears so you're more or less attempting to force me to do what doesn't come fucking naturally to anyone indigo on down?

Don't know what you're talking about, and I'm not looking for a lesson this time. While you're here, you're human, and humans can freaking swim.

You don't know what I'm talking about... How about I shove you the merry fuck back in there and sit my Lapras in front of the goddamn exit? What then?

[There's dead silence for a moment, before the sound of a fist hitting a face. Yeahh. The network gets a few audio cues that tell of a fistfight going down, before the gear is dropped and it cuts out.]

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What's a romcom?

[He's never heard of such a thing]

A romantic comedy?

They can put those things together?

[How is romance funny, Karkles?]

Yes, Ventus. They can. They're movies designed to make you laugh at comedic events that unfurl while the protagonists try to win each other over or haplessly fall into a romance.

...And you like that kind of thing?

Is that a problem?

[ don't you bash on his movies, Ven. ]

No, it just surprised me. I don't think romance is bad, I should find you this movie me and Sora saw a while back. It was pretty good.

[Oh, he wouldn't. He likes the poké-equivalent of Disney features here]

What's it about?

Well there's this princess, and the bad-guy hears her singing and kidnaps her so he doesn't have to share her voice with anybody and wants to make her marry him. But her true love's this other guy who sets out to save her and has to face all these dangers to get to where she is before she's forced to marry the bad guy.

[It just happens to be about pokémon...and a musical, but he's focusing on the plot here]

Sounds like it has promise...

It's great! I'll see if I can find a copy for you.

Th...anks?

Sure thing! I'll let you know if I find any other good ones.

[After all, what're friends you just met for?]