Oh, yeah, definitely unambiguous. Some gestures are universal, I guess!
I wonder if that means they're not a native here? I mean, natives would know that kind of threat is pointless. That, or they were just counting on me not knowing...which, to be fair, I didn't at the time! But I've received so many death threats and actual murder attempts by now that I don't think it left the impression they probably hoped. Just another Tuesday for me! I guess that doesn't narrow things down any after all, though.
Of course, the final possibility is that Team Rocket absolutely has figured out how to get around the restrictions on murdering people...though I'd have to consider that an unlikely scenario. If they knew how to kill people, I think their impact on the world would be felt a lot more, and their operations would be a lot more sinister than just harassing people while ripping off a shopping center. I wouldn't expect them to just disappear so few unremarkable people here and there that no one actually caught on that Team Rocket was somehow behind it.
I'd still like to get at their research, though. Even if they've come to the conclusion that they can't kill people, despite their best efforts, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they've tried! And I want to know what they tried, and how, and what happened. The ways this place works are so mysterious; I don't know if any amount of information will help me understand it, but I at least like knowing what there is to know! And like you said, it's not exactly the kind of experimentation I'd ever be willing to do myself. But if someone already has, whether or not I approve of it...there's no point in ignoring what was already learned.
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I wonder if that means they're not a native here? I mean, natives would know that kind of threat is pointless. That, or they were just counting on me not knowing...which, to be fair, I didn't at the time! But I've received so many death threats and actual murder attempts by now that I don't think it left the impression they probably hoped. Just another Tuesday for me! I guess that doesn't narrow things down any after all, though.
Of course, the final possibility is that Team Rocket absolutely has figured out how to get around the restrictions on murdering people...though I'd have to consider that an unlikely scenario. If they knew how to kill people, I think their impact on the world would be felt a lot more, and their operations would be a lot more sinister than just harassing people while ripping off a shopping center. I wouldn't expect them to just disappear so few unremarkable people here and there that no one actually caught on that Team Rocket was somehow behind it.
I'd still like to get at their research, though. Even if they've come to the conclusion that they can't kill people, despite their best efforts, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they've tried! And I want to know what they tried, and how, and what happened. The ways this place works are so mysterious; I don't know if any amount of information will help me understand it, but I at least like knowing what there is to know! And like you said, it's not exactly the kind of experimentation I'd ever be willing to do myself. But if someone already has, whether or not I approve of it...there's no point in ignoring what was already learned.