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Please," she laughed, starting to walk down the corridor again. "That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever heard." "Why!" he demanded, running to catch up to her. "Because you can’t be the Greatest!" "I could to!" he snapped back. Irus laughed, shoving him so hard he ran against the wall. She didn’t notice, still walking. "No, you can’t. You just spewed out probably the most Romantic ideals of Pokémon Training, and you’re telling me you can be the Greatest Master." She laughed. "And why couldn’t I?" Ash demanded, rubbing his sore arm. She paused, looking at him curiously, seeing his anger. "Answer me this, then, and I’ll tell you. When will you be a Master?" "I don’t know. It’s gonna take a long time." "No, Stupid. After what event? After you defeat every League, after everyone accepts you as being great, after whatever it is you’re waiting for?" Ash didn’t know. He had always thought you were a Master when you felt that you were. Of course, there was that test you had to take to actually get the title of Master . . . "After that test?" he hazarded. "You don’t even know how to be a Master!" Irus laughed, tossing her hair again. "Listen, Trainer, you can never be a Master of Pokémon, not truly. That’s like trying to understand the workings of the Universe to the last lepton and hadron. It’s like being able to comprehend the workings and reasons of being Alive! You can’t do that! Pokémon Mastery is too vast a subject. You can be a Master in Battling, in Training, in Breeding, in Science and Health, in Origins, in whatever fields that are left, but you can’t be a Master in Pokémon! It’s impossible." Her face had lit up, and her hands gestured and accented her words. "How can you possibly, possibly be a Master in something that deals with every fiber of Life? Pokémon aren’t just a hobby! If there’s one thing, one thing that all these Leagues are right on, that Gus is right on, is that Pokémon are Life. You can’t Master Life. You can only live it! And even then, only a small, tantalizing piece, one that makes you long for more. And you struggle for the flavor for the rest of your life until זה גרם לי לחשוב... XD