"Yeah, but it might make me feel better." Really, he thought he might owe Youji one or two for the stupid acts he'd pulled, past and future, not that Youji himself would know about the latter.

"It's winter, genius. It's gonna be cold and wet. Hold onto your dreams of fire and brimstone until all this starts to melt off, then see how you feel about it." Ken snorted, leaning back on his heels. "As for the job thing, I've not really noticed a critical lack of hours or too many people trying to work the same thing. Second off, once we decide to move on, I hear you can fight other trainers for cash. I've been doing good enough just stocking at the store." Ken glanced down at his cup, swirling the tea about slightly before offering it to Ran to have a drink of. The little creature had developed a fondness for tea.

"I don't know, you tell me. We're camping out here with strange animals that come from balls, with six years between us that by all rights shouldn't really be there...that's just gonna get weirder the more I think on it...anyway, I'm pretty sure logic tipped its hat and skipped town by now."