Unlike the unfortunate Riolu version of Vale, he wasn't killed and brought back to life, bound to a sword. Instead, the sword became rather attached to him, seeing a perfect chance to have a thrall of its own. Vale can usually fight the ideas that the sword suggests to him, but some times the opportunities are too good to waste humoring the ṃ̜͚̱͞e̷͚̦̘̦͎̪̣̹ą̗͔̥̗̣ͅg͠͏̧͚̮̦͎̣̺̰e̹͔̘̺̫̮̭r̪̦̺͚̻̯̯̗̕ ̴̵̢̖͚̲̫̲w̡̙̩̻̬h̵̭̝̤̜̹̣́͝i̢̼̪͚͘m̺̦̹̺͇̞̪s͚̺̲͖̭͙̤̦͟͞ ̖̟͙̣̻͔̱͕o̦̼̗͙͓͓f̶҉̖ ̻̮͓̳͎̠a̧̙̜̖͔̜ ̢͈͍͇̹͝͠s̛͔͉i̶̺̱̬͇̙̯͖m͍͙̜͟p̖̥̩̯͉̹͈̱̥l͈̘̜̘͉̭e̵̙͎̖̫ͅ ̀͝͏̰͚̙̲̥v̸̝̹͙͎͉̱͠ͅu̴̫͚̤̝̺͕̙̪͚ļ͖̗̩͕̻̥͟͜p̨͉͘͜e̴̬̖͈͟r̸͇̙̼̖͎̙ͅa̝̘̫͎͔̯̥͉ͅ ̜̮̦̼̼͙B̸̖̤̟͇̼̻͎̦͘O̯̹͎͖̞͓W͉̥ ͔̲͠T̠̼͔̯̩͠O̸̤̦̰̹̥̘ ̜̩̰͓͇̦̼̥T̸̗̲̘̰H̗̼̬̗̝E͟͏͚ ͙͕͓̱̣ͅV̵̫͙̗̠Ó̸̗̫̲̜̝͖̜̠̲͡I͉D̴̠̳͉͇̳̼͕̞ ̵̱̯͚̥͜͟L̘͎͓͜͠͝O̷̸̡̭̲͇̹͔͔̙R҉̡̹̝D̷҉̧̗͓̤̪S͙͓͎̪̭͜ͅ