While Evan's entrance doesn't do much more than earn him a glance from Lightning, the anger in Tenten and Obito's voices makes her raise a brow. They want to pull that card? Okay, fine. They can pull that card.
"What I was expecting you to do was listen and take advantage of a distraction while it was still there." She raises a hand, ticking things off on her fingers as she continues.
"You had cover with that smoke. From the sounds they made, none of Bowser's team were Pokémon with the ability to see through it and neither he nor they could have followed you away. You had backup, and I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the Pokémon that Hope and I have are both higher leveled than the majority of yours. We've both been here long enough that we don't need to be reinforced, Tenten." She lowers her hand, recrossing her arms.
"I don't know what kind of training you've all had on your world, but around here? None of it counts. Not your training, or what Hope and I have had. Attacking other trainers or their Pokémon yourself only earns you a warrant out for your arrest, and Bowser has the whole of Team Rocket behind him if he wants to hide and wait it out. All you three have in this mess is this house and the two of us. The faster you understand that, the better."
It's not a threat, but cold hard statement of fact. She won't kick anyone out, but they need to understand the stakes here. Need to understand that this isn't their home world where throwing weapons into eyes is a valid and actually good idea.
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"What I was expecting you to do was listen and take advantage of a distraction while it was still there." She raises a hand, ticking things off on her fingers as she continues.
"You had cover with that smoke. From the sounds they made, none of Bowser's team were Pokémon with the ability to see through it and neither he nor they could have followed you away. You had backup, and I'm not sure if you've noticed, but the Pokémon that Hope and I have are both higher leveled than the majority of yours. We've both been here long enough that we don't need to be reinforced, Tenten." She lowers her hand, recrossing her arms.
"I don't know what kind of training you've all had on your world, but around here? None of it counts. Not your training, or what Hope and I have had. Attacking other trainers or their Pokémon yourself only earns you a warrant out for your arrest, and Bowser has the whole of Team Rocket behind him if he wants to hide and wait it out. All you three have in this mess is this house and the two of us. The faster you understand that, the better."
It's not a threat, but cold hard statement of fact. She won't kick anyone out, but they need to understand the stakes here. Need to understand that this isn't their home world where throwing weapons into eyes is a valid and actually good idea.