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[ Honestly, it's hard not to be sympathetic to someone who you saw die in front of you, and with perfect knowledge and perfect empathy, Masaomi might be more understanding of the guy and his circumstances. But right now? Right now, Masaomi Kida is righteously angry and feels the need to prove a point. In his case, a baby Kangaskhan hangs out behnd one of his leg, but the actual contender, standing in front of him was his Raichu, matching her trainer's crossed arms, though while Masaomi has a stern expression on his face, Linda is instead smirking, eager and hungry to destroy whatever competition comes against her.

As for Masaom though, he rolls his neck and nods ]

Hey, hey. Glad that you could make it.

[ If anything, he's surprised they got here around the same time, but works for him. For his part he's still in that outfit linked in the post ]