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[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[After spending the past week, slumped over in his room unconscious, there were a few things that Cobra Commander should probably be concerned about. But those can wait, because he’d rather turn on his gear and cackle like a madman for the next few minutes over the network.]

Oh, thisss is truly the perfect thing to wake up to. Unlike before, when I was so rudely ripped away from taking back what was rightfully mine; thisss time there wasn’t anything like that! Meaning conquering Johto and making all of you miserable is now my number one priority! This place now has my complete and undivided attention! And that means-

[He stops there, not really feeling up to continuing his tirade at the moment. Spending a week without any sort of food, or any sort of water beyond what his Pokemon could get probably had something to do with that.]

Just think about what that means!

[The feed ends there, and about an hour later, another one starts on the Rocket channel. It’s short and straight to the point.]

[Private Audio for Rockets]
I need to know if anything important happened during the past week. If it did, let me know! Immediately!

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[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It means that I have nothing to focus on anymore besides taking over the world!

[thetruehistorian]

And how is that going for you, so far?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It's going just fine! And it's about to start going much better once I get back to work!

[thetruehistorian]

So will you be leaving Team Rocket, then?

[She's legitimately curious about this.]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I have no idea what you're talking about. None whatsoever!

[Not discussing that over an open channel. Nope.]

[thetruehistorian]

[It's enough.]

And what will you do once you've conquered Johto?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Isn't it obvious? Then I'll take over Kanto!

[thetruehistorian]

[Well, okay. You got her there.]

To what end, I mean. It's a lot of work. Why bother?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Why bother? Why bother? Because! No one else knows how to run the world, ssso obviously I should show everyone how it should be!

[thetruehistorian]

[She leans her chin in her palm.]

Each person must do the task they are most fit to perform. How admirable.

[From her tone, she might be legitimately impressed, or mocking him. It's hard to tell.]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[He's going to assume it's her being impressed. After all, why wouldn't anyone be impressed by his words?]

Exactly! That's exactly it! Congratulations, you're one of the few who actually get it!

[thetruehistorian]

[She doubts that she is, but she'll be more than happy to allow Cobra to keep thinking that.]

Above all else, I do my best to be understanding of the needs of great men.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

That's good! That's certainly one way to get ahead here!

[He's been unconscious, and prior to that he was in a cave, so he may have missed the whole deserter thing.]

[thetruehistorian]

[It... hasn't seemed to come up yet. Maybe she slipped through the cracks? Or maybe they're just letting something really nasty build. Either way, Robin isn't going to bring it up.]

I learn only from the best.

[Idly, Robin wonders at what point Cobra will begin to think she's being a little too complimentary.]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Never? As long as he's the one being complimented, he doesn't care. It's only when someone else is being complimented that he takes offense.]

Yesss, I clearly am the best, aren't I? A pity most of Johto can't bring themselves to realize that!

[thetruehistorian]

Indeed. You'll just have to help them see what they've been missing.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Oh I will. I definitely will. You can be sure of that!