There's a lot these people do that're backwards. You don't have t'like it - I mean, I sure has hell don't like a lot've it - but y'gotta understand that they don't see things the same as us. An' we're in their land, so...

[For lack of anything else he could offer, Vinnie shrugged. He'd been among humans for too long to truly see nature as an all-powerful will anymore. Certainly, the forest and the cycle remained incredibly important to him, but he'd seen how easily the will of selfish, destructive humans could overtake his home. The green that remained on this earth, it seemed, only remained by the grace of humankind. It could just as easily be taken away.

This whole reminder of his wild days was beginning to instill a bitter nostalgia in the Venusaur. A sadness was beginning to show on his face.]

You're always welcome in here, though. It's... pretty nice havin' someone born of the forest around.

I've missed it.