Honestly, Piers didnāt expect anyone to bother speaking to himā he only either attracted attention from fans or scared everyone off with just how he looked. It was the resting bitch face, a problem, he knows, but the singer preferred when people avoided him, anyway.
His attention is pulled from the side where he had actually been watching a pair of Zigzagoonās play tag, a pack of cigarettes in his hand slowly being put away now that someone seemed to be trying to speak to him- which was unfortunate, really. For Piers. Pulled into a conversation as he was going to leave, typical.Ā āMm.ā The punk hums and whether it was agreement or not was hard to say, but he humors the conversation,Ā āGuess I understand. Somethinā like that at least.ā He avoids eye contact with the person, instead turning his gaze to said pokemon and just how⦠Spherical they were. Huh. Funny, almost.Ā āNever thought tāthink of it like watchinā kids.ā As much as he loved his pokemon, it wasnāt like when he was literallyĀ watching his baby sister at a playground, after all.
āHavenā seen many a themĀ āround here.ā
-- There seemed to be a couple of black/white Zigzagoons in the same field, playing among themselves too. Despite Sladeās fixation on his own Pokemonās joy in the scene, he couldnāt help but notice those small guys as well. Anyone would, really; especially when they stick out so boldly thanks to their color scheme. That said, his Spheals were his main concern still.
The other guy seemed agreeable enough. Quite the nice lad there, he was! Though the redhead hadnāt looked in the otherās direction, he didnāt need to once the theme started playing. One oddly... Beaty, wasnāt the usual thing he could hear.Ā A light cough was uttered as the redhead was honestly taken by surprise; attention diverted from the small Pokemon in the fields to look to his right, finally laying eyes on the oddly-styled man.
...Whereād he see this guy before?
āI mean.ā Despite the disturbance, Slade feigned proper mental fortitude and continued with the same line.Ā āTheyāre just so... Innocent.ā It wasnāt entirely true; but looking at them like that -- both the Spheal pair and the Zigzagoons, made him think how pure the sight was. As if there wasnāt a worry in their heads.Ā āKinda simple. Like when you take a kid to the playground. Theyāre just happy being around!ā Slade offered, smiling at his company with a raised finger to, well, raiseĀ the idea.
ā-- Ah, not like I got kids or anything like that. It just kinda feels like that.ā Oops.