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[yallstupid]

[Oh, hey, what?! Okay, no, that little quip gets a deep frown to settle in on his face and Guzma finally swings his long legs around and hefts himself up and off the bench her was laying on, straightening his back with a few cracks and pops (because his posture is downright awful). He narrows his eyes, crosses his arms, and leans down to be up front and personal with this little shrimp, scoffing.]

Ya boy isn't defeated by anything, Princess. [And as he straightens, he flicks her nose roughly - not enough to really hurt, but it'll sting for a few minutes - Guzma isn't a brute anymore (as much), but he's still a bit of a bully and a jerk.] Tch, don't make up stories - I look 'bout as good as a freshly laundered Trubbish and you know it.

[Which translates to: 'thanks'. Golisopod twitches his antennae, those cross-pattern eyes blinking slowly as he lifts his head just so to rumble softly in greeting to Lillie before shutting his eyes again to resume his meditation. Houndoom, on the other hand, has prowled closer slowly, and his posture is stiff and almost wooden as Lillie gets too close for comfort. Guzma actually moves very fast when Lillie puts her hand out for it, clamping his large mitt around the big dog's muzzle just before it got within inches of Lillie's outstretched hand to snap at. With a very pointed jerk to snap the dog's face to his, he gives it a Look™ and then shoves its face away.]

Mind where you put your hands, Houndoom's new. ...Not mine, either - one'a my little bros gave 'im to me. [Meaning Guzma didn't raise him, one of the old Grunts did, and those dummies...well. They're not the best trainers. Hence why the Houndoom is so disobedient, and needs some tough love to straighten his gruff ways. Like all the members of Team Skull, really.] Listens to me plenty, but don't like other people what he don't know.

[z_poweredflower]

Hey!

[ Ouch! Jeez, it was just a figure of speech!! Lillie yelps as her nose is flicked, flinching backwards slightly - and mercifully giving Guzma an extra second to secure Houndoom's snout when she does so. There's a moment of cold panic as she freezes. Lillie knows on some level that she should have expected the prickly-natured Houndoom to bite. Boy that would have been a mistake, huh. She lets her hand drop calmly, regaining her composure and smoothing her skirt. It seems only natural that Guzma would adopt a firebrand like this one. If there's one thing he's good at, it's adopting firebrands. Like attracts like and all that.

She puts on a warm smile, despite still feeling the nerves in her stomach from nearly being bitten. ]

Okay, if I'm wrong that you're doing well, how are you doing?

[yallstupid]

[Guzma keeps a close eye on Houndoom as he skulks away back into the grass, eyes slightly narrowed. He has to train it far better, but that's something for another day - one on one. He's not good with these dark types, and wishes Nanu left him more instruction on how the hell to do this shit. Guzms would love to use his bugs, not dark types...though there really isn't anything stopping him. He's the kahuna now, after all. Tapu Bulu accepted him, too...shockingly enough.

Hence why her question makes him cross his arms and think. How is he doing? Well, he knows one thing for sure--]

M'tired. [He snorts, blowing a raspberry out the corner of his mouth like the grown ass man he is, and rubs at his neck with one hand. Lillie will then see, glaringly obvious, the Z-Power Ring adorning his wrist, set in black to match his monochromatic attire.] Gotta babysit all them trial-goers worse'n all my old brothers and sisters...not to mention carting my backside through the dang desert what to clean up the temple when the Tapu tells me to.

[z_poweredflower]

[ When Lillie sees the band around his wrist, there's not as much confusion or hesitation as one might expect. Almost immediately, she clasps her hands together and bounces on her heels. ]

Oh! Guzma, is that-? Congratulations!

[ See? She knew you had it in you Guzma - the potential for real kindness and good deeds buried under that rough and spiky exterior. The Tapu's blessing would never erase the things he had done or the ways he had to be to get by, but it certainly paved the way for a better future for him. And Lillie wanted that for him, badly. Despite it all, she felt a certain kinship with Guzma.

After all, they'd both been victims of her mother's cruelty and they'd both overcome a lot to get to where they were today. In that sense, they were siblings in her eyes.

She does seem to grasp the gravity of it all a moment later, frowning slightly. ]

Oh, but does that mean Team Skull is disbanded? That must be hard for you...

[yallstupid]

[Blinking, Guzma tilts his head then actually follows her gaze. Oh, shit...right, she hasn't been here to learn he got accepted by the Tapu to be a Kahuna. Scoffing a little, and rubbing the back of his neck (which is only warm because it's hot out, shut up), Guzma just grumbles out a muted huff of.]

Yeah, yeah...'bout time I got recognize as more'n just a nuisance, yo. Though it ain't all it's cut out to be... Tch, ol' man Nanu must've had it easy compared to how often people come up to me, wanting to throw down.

[It's...probably because he, specifically, is a Kahuna now that people want to fight him. Not everyone accepts it, after all, and they constantly challenge his authority and his strength, trying to test if he's "worthy" or not. Not up to them, though...is the thing. If the Tapu themselves gave him their blessing, they can all bitch and moan all they want. But they sure as shit are making his job a hell of a lot harder. It's almost like the idiots are making trouble on purpose...

Gee, that certainly sounds like someone he once knew, doesn't it? Hypocrites.]

...Those morons will get by without it. Was only holding them back.

[Meaning yes, Team Skull is no more, and he's still...unsure how to feel about it. Again, lots of his brothers and sisters accepted it and they still are a big, weird found family of sorts, but others...well. They're the ones he has to beat down not as a Boss, but as a Kahuna now. It's bittersweet, and leaves a really bad taste in his mouth when it happens. He disbanded because it should have been a ways for them to grow and improve themselves just like he did. Guzma means it when he said it was holding them back - they were dummies, but some of them has real skill in a lot of other things, too. One's a fucking cook at Mallow's restaurant, some other two are lifeguards in Hau'Oli and learning up to be official Pokemon Rangers.

They can go well beyond what they could under the moniker of Grunt.]