A Place to Call Home

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This place is absolutely FABULOUS! The fishfolk are all beautiful and I'm loving this whole aquapunk thing they've got going.

And on top of that, no one knows I'm the sword savior! This must be what a vacation feels like.

Well aren't you in a good mood?

Where's Moke?

Moke? Prolly off pickin' up scraps somewhere, I bet.

Yeah, I bet you're right...

I'm just a little worried, what with this being a new place and all. Might end up eating something weird...

You know what? I'm gonna go see what lil' Moke is up to myself, just to be sure.

Wait! Misty!

She doesn't need to go do all that. It's totally fine...

Buuut, I'd be lying if I wasn't a tiny bit curious myself...

Not that I'm worried or anything! I just wanna know what scraps are on the menu!

I was going to have a look around the city anyway, this is like killing two birds with one stone!

Well this is odd. I've looked all over and no sign of Moke anywhere!

Hey Thilly! Find Moke yet?

Nope. Though, I only was able to look in places you could walk to. That little... Where did you get off to, Moke?

Well, between us we looked high AND low, so that only leaves...

Nooo, you don't think... I mean, okay, yeah, this IS Moke we're talking about so I suppose it is possible, but... The water? I dunno...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhooooooooooo!

Mr. Minchy?!

Oi now Miss Angel. You can drop the niceties.

Oh right. I'm sorry. SINCHY?!

Ey, you know I have been feelin' a little wide in the waist area. I could do for a little tie-in. If it wasn't for the fact I don't actually have a waist... Good try, though.

Anyway, what are you lot up to? Two of yous look right down in the dumps, yeah?

We can't find Moke...

Moke... You talkin' bout that li'l white fella always hangin' around? Saw 'em walkin' right outta town just a tick.

Wait...really?!

Oi... Your words wound me, Miss. Ol' Minchy would never lie about somefin' like that! Swear on me mum!

When you say outta town, do you mean out towards Uncharted Region Verdot?

Uncharted? I guess it would be to you lot.

At any rate, Moke headed out west. Just follow ol' Minchy. He'll getcha there.

Found the little so-and-so!

Seems to be heading somewhere specific, I wonder where?

I've never seen Moke walk with such purpose, now that you mention it.

There's somefin' about this place I feel like I'm forgettin'...

Did you hear that?

That's it! Monsters! This place is full of 'em. Not just any monsters, too.

It's the type that love chompin' on lil' furry blokes, if you get my drift.

Surely they eat other things...right?

You know what, it doesn't matter. We need to find Moke, fast!

I knew it, rarin' to chow down on some furry foie gras.

Don't just stand there, we got a fight to win!

I've drawn their attention away from Moke! Now's our chance!

Looks like that was all of them...

......

What's the matter, Thilly?

Moke...

If I'm being honest. I'm a little disappointed in you. Clarte and Rosetta told me about how you fought so bravely back in the Crystal Region...

Where was that Moke today?

You dare turn your back on Thillelille?! Where do you think you're going?!

......

Moke?! You...You...MOKEPLIED?!

H-How...what?

Well, that'd be because this part of the ocean is where these fellas call home, I reckon.

So you're saying...

This is where Moke came from?! From this...valley between the seas?

It is hard to believe, but it does make sense when you think about what those monsters like to eat...

So Moke refused to fight back to protect the other moke?

Or? Perhaps that was just a Moke-a-like?

That's... That's the same weird noise Moke makes sometimes!

Seems like it's a thing all mokes do...

That must be Moke's default noise!

And when Moke's blipping and blepping about it's cause some kind of rivalry with Noah, maybe?

Hmph! It would seem so!

But to think we'd randomly stumble into Moke's home... What are the odds?

Okay, Moke. Thillelille understands. If this is your home...

And you want to stay. Then stay.

Oi! You sure about this?

It's fine! Moke and I don't need words to know how each other feels.

We just...know.

But...it's Moke!

Misty!

I said it's fine. This is Moke's decision to make.

Moke, my friend. Be brave, and farewell.

...... Thillelille is tired. Let's head back to Atlantica.

...Sure.

Can't put the 'ol fin on it, but somefin' about this don't sit right in the scalies. Hmm...

......

Thilly seems pretty down in the dumps, huh...

I can't stand to look at the poor sap. I gotta say somefin' to her.

Hey there... If you're Moke's owner and all, shouldn't you be happy they chose their own path?

The thing is...

You're right, but because of me, our relationship never got to that level. "Not until you are a beast worthy of the sword savior," is what I would say. And now that we're here... I feel...

MAAAAKE WAYYYYYYYYYYY!

Bleple blep...

MOKE?! You're BACK?!

Thillz! There you are!

You have to be more careful! Li'l Moke coulda been some Leviathan's dinner, innit?

What does she mean? I just said goodbye to Moke. ...How?

Oi! I finally get it!

That moke we were followin' was just a moke! In other words. He was a lower case moke, not a capital M Moke. Savvy?

Not entirely sure I follow...

You see, mokes aren't all smart in the head like we are. They live on instinct. So when we noticed that moke was headin' zip down to the west. That's why. You don't wander if you already knows where you're goin, right? Thing is, our Moke is different. Hard to find the right words, but it's like there's an intelligence about 'em the others don't got.

Intelligence?

That's right. Means we can communicate, Moke and me. So let ol' Minchy handle this.

Oi! Mokey-moke. Sound like there's a place with a whole bunch of your lot livin' nearby. You wanna live with them? Or with ol' Thilly here?

Blep?

Bleppy blep BLEP!

Moke!

He sure does love you, eh? Not as much as I love Milsha, but still.

You IDIOT! I can't believe after all the searching we did, you had fallen into the water! And I'm the idiot who couldn't tell you apart from some random mokes...

I guess we're just gonna have to be a couple idiots together then, eh?

Blep!

Bleeep!

Hey! Calm down Moke!

I have no idea what is goin' on here, but...

Since everyone seems to be vibin' I might as well join in then, eh?

Don't worry! I'll be making a record of this, so I can tell you all about it later!

Seems like ol' Mokey's home was with Thilly after all, eh?