This, for the record, was probably the first time Vinnie had suggested that having Char around would assure safety. Char wondered if maybe he'd hit his head a few times during the fight after all -- the irony of making that claim when Char had just kicked the shit out of him so hard he was clearly struggling just to sit up was not entirely lost.

Not like he was entirely wrong, though, was he? As much as Char'd been rolling his eyes at Vinnie's severe case of puppy-tail, there might have been just a teensy whisper of wag in his once Vinnie started trying to ease himself up. A Charizard through and through, the whole "actually a Venusaur" thing aside.

"You tryin' to make him feel better or scare him even worse?" Char asked. He could at least catch on to efforts to reassure his kid brother, though; jokes and tail-wags aside, he glanced over Bulba's way and raised his eyebrows. "You could probably tag along if you wanted to, even. Bring a few potions or something? I can carry you easy."