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[Oh, look. It's Greed on video. This is something of a rarity.

He's obviously outside and on one of the routes at the moment, looking annoyed more than anything else.]

You know, I thought I had this place reasonably figured out. Got a decent grasp on battling, don't really mind living out of a hotel room, and since it's summer, traveling between cities is actually not that bad.

That being said, what the hell is this?

[The camera shifts off of Greed and onto a bug-type that looks like a wheel.]

Cedric used to be a beetle. Why--

What the hell is he supposed to be? Can he even battle like this?!

How the hell does a beetle even change shape to begin with! It's the final stage of a metamorphosis so why the hell did he go and turn into that thing?

[And since he's facing the camera, he completely misses the Whirlipede rolling its eyes at him.]

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I'd say that's not a problem for me, but I guess it is with how this place works, huh?

[One day he'll shut up about the whole not human thing.

Not today.]

Ledges? What about the ledges?

[Guess who has never once tried to climb them!]

_{[A fire lights in the old man's eyes. He stands straighter and stares intently into the gear.]}

Stay. Away. From ledges.

[...why did you word it like that.

Now he has to try. You told him not to do something, so this translates in his head to "Greed, go do this thing."]

Yeah, but what's wrong with them?

Humans have around two hundred bones in their body. If you try to climb a ledge you will more than likely break three hundred.

_{[Jack has feelings about ledges ok.]}

[THIS SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE]

You exaggerating?

I haven't seen anything that steep around here.

It's not that they're steep. It's some...force. My first week in this place going on four long years ago, I tried to step over. I broke my nose. My first week having a nose and I went and broke it!

And I was taking it slow.

[...

So the ledges are magical.

.......

Now he really has to investigate them.]

Well, that's a shame. Lousy introduction to this place.

[...]

Hold on.

[Give him a moment. You can almost hear the wheels in his head turning.]

What do you mean by your "first week having a nose"?

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Tell me about it. Luckily a nose heals faster than, say, a pelvis.

_{[At Greed's question, Jack blinks. OH RIGHT.]}

I'm a skeleton. You know. On the inside. You are too, but what I mean is back home I didn't have all of this skin and organs and hair to worry about.

[Oh.

Well.

Okay then.

He's an undead monster person who was brought back to life with the memories of a dead man. He's a monster person who happens to eat human souls to prolong his own existence so this is really one of those things he has absolutely no right to judge.

Except this guy is claiming to be a talking skeleton.

...but he's going to get massively uncomfortable about it anyway because apparently this place really likes bringing dead people here.]

I see.

Imagine my surprise! I barely remember being alive so it was a surprise to find out just how much that could hurt.

But enough about that. Just trust me on this.

[He actually doesn't really want to know about these things!]

Yeah. Sure. I'll keep it in mind.

[He's going to sprain his ankle before the month is over.]

You watch yourself! And let that bug show you what he's got!

Yeah. Thanks. I'm sure he appreciates that.

What's your name, by the way? I'm Greed.

[Like this is a perfectly normal name.]

_{[And Jack's just going to accept that because one of his best friends here was named Father.]}

It's nice to meet you, Gree! I'm Jack.

_{[Somehow he has a feeling that he's going to see this man again. And yell at him.]}

[Hearing that would probably make him pause before quickly shrugging it off.]

A pleasure, Jack.

[Oh he probably will. Here's to hoping Greed's arm isn't in a sling the next time they meet.]

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