[Yay, nuzzlings! Growlithe will be attempting to get on that bench now; nuzzlings are easier when they're on the same level.

srs business time indeed, and he says nothing as she speaks, despite wanting to. No, he wasn't there, and frankly, didn't want to be. He'd read enough about it and studied it in the academy enough to know he was lucky and doesn't need her to tell him that, so she gets a look right back. He might be young, and sometimes still naive, but he isn't an idiot.]

Then explain to me what good training and strategy did for you when it appears that only luck and good timing kept you and your fellow survivors alive long enough to see the end of century.