tsuntrader | sloooowwwpooookkkkeeee [written/action]

[Silver is Silver is Silver. Upon finally waking up, he immediately tries to pull himself up... And it's a bad idea. His head spins. Despite the fact that he's awake, he's still very weak, and trying to act like he's not gave him a big reminder of that. He rethinks his actions and slowly pulls himself up into a seated position.

So where is he? What time is it? How long has he been out? ...Where's his journal? That's the most important thing right now, he has to-

There it is.]

[His handwriting is downright awful, but it's legible, especially since he's slow enough about it. And he only has one thing to say.]

Is it over yet? None of you died, right?

[The you is directed at the people he knows, but he is far too drained to make that distinction or ask much else. ...Might be a good idea to let him know just how late to the party he is.

Or visit him. There's always the visiting option, although that option might not be pretty; as long as it's been, it still doesn't change the fact that he more or less looks like he's about to die, like he won't open his eyes if he closes them again. He barely even has the energy to hold himself upright.

But company would be nice, especially since he's... Not exactly going anywhere. He has his Pokémon, of course, they're all but hovering over him because he's okay and he's finally awake (jeez guys, calm down,) and he even has Chandelure in his arms (because he needs to be reassured that everything's alright and that he Did Good,) but it would be reassuring to see that everyone's, you know. Okay.

And absolutely not the other way around, because he's totally just tired.

Yep.]

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Hm? [Though she didn't hear him, she has an idea of what he wanted to know.] Oh, it's nothing.

[And he deserves better than that from her.] Thinking about...what happened on the draft.

...What happened, anyway? [After he was gone. Did everyone leave? Or...]

Some people evacuated. ...Others didn't. Most of the doctors and healers stayed to try to find a cure for the disease.

[...] Yourself included.

[And yet she made it out okay, so that must be good news.]

Mm. [She nods, folding her hands in her lap and looking down at them.] They were going to...to destroy the enclosure if we failed.

[With us in it.]

[...He knows the horror of what happened. He has first hand experience about how awful it would have been if that got spread around and understands the logic of destroying that infection entirely.

But it still doesn't sit well with him. He keeps quiet and tries to keep a straight face on, but... He's not sure what to say.]

People were still fighting, but we...they raised the limit on our abilities to nullify them entirely. [In case that's a bit much for him right now:] No Psynergy - no magic. And if we failed and didn't manage to get away by a certain time-

[Four days later she still has a lot of trouble talking about it, actually.]

And you stayed? [It's far more difficult than it should be to hold back his frustration upon hearing that.]

Yes. I believed we would succeed.

[It isn't Silver she looks at for the next part.]

But I would not...have stayed to die.

[...And she doesn't have to. There's not a moment's hesitation in his response.]

Good.

[He's the only person she admitted that to. That her ultimate choice would have been to accept the blame for failing. In his condition she really shouldn't be telling him any of these things, but for some reason it's easier with him.

She's very sad though.]

That would've been the smart move, but in the end, it worked out anyway, so there's no need to fuss about it.

[Of course he has a point.

He also looks like he's talking in his sleep, now. Well, he has the whole time, but having a visitor for this long is clearly wearing him out.]

Maybe I should go, and let you rest. I'm sure your friends here can look after you just fine.

[If he's within reach she will pat Sneasel. You've been worried, haven't you?]

[Yes. Yes he has been.]

...Okay. [There is something else he should be saying here...

Right, uh-] Thanks for visiting me. [There.]

...And for the food. [There.]

You're very welcome. If you think of anything you need, please tell me. I want to visit again.

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