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[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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I'm not big on candy.

Besides, I bet Gold will eat most of it, even if he gave it to me.

[He picks out some sour chews and calls it good for now.]

Ah, friendship.

[That's said with a smile, but his voice is bittersweet.]

[Bottle...caps...? ...Sure, why...

not...] ...You okay?

Heh. You still ask really weird questions.

[Shikamaru flicks a piece of candy with his thumb into his mouth, like it were popcorn.]

It's the most harmless question I can ask. [If you want to answer it instead of something else.

He might have appreciated candy tricks on another day. Today, he's simply going to enjoy his candy... That... Tastes like soda. Huh.]

[Naruto's gone. He just spent two hours overindulging in ramen with Lee.]

A friend went home. Not a lot to it.

[That prompts him to stare at Shikamaru for a while. ...If he doesn't look too broken up about it... They weren't that close, he'll see them again at home, he's good at dealing with it... Or he's good at hiding it.

...He chooses to shut up and go back to fidgeting with his candy.

Nope. Don't want to think about that one. Don't want to consider how to approach it. Too tired to think about it too hard anyway. ...Does that make him a bad friend? [...] That's what Shikamaru is, right? They casually spend time with each other and fight alongside each other.

Friendship is complicated.]

[Shikamaru laughs at this, lightly.]

You still think too much too. [He pops another piece of candy.] What've you been doing with your non-sleeping time?

[Wh... Hey. Hey.

...

He's right.]

Eating, spending time with everyone else in this room, and trying to stay awake long enough to keep people from worrying about me. [There is a unanimous and unspoken "damn right" from all of the Pokémon in the room.]

That's so boring. [No offense to the pokemon. He waves with his good arm. 'sup guys.] At least teach them tic-tac-toe or something.

We're okay with boring. [For once. For once, he's satisfied with boring. ...The comfort and ease comes from still not thinking as quickly and completely as he could, but. He'll get there.]

[To that Shikamaru can only smirk a little.

Yeah. After all of that... boring is good.]

[After all of that...]

...Any chance that you've seen Moro? [Sure, it's only been just over a week, but... Maybe. Maybe...]

Aa... [Yeah, he expected this was coming. His mood turns somber, and he shakes his head.]

[...]

She was right, you know.

What about?

She told me that one day, we would kill her. That on that day, it would be the right thing to do.

And she said that I would play a major part in it. That I would turn my "fangs" against her.

[.....]

She's a god, not a psychic. Don't look at it so black and white.

That's the problem when it comes to Moro. Everything about her is black and white.

You so sure about that?

Have you ever had conversations with her? To her, everything works in absolutes and her "truths". She's stubborn and stuck in her ways.

She even wanted to die. She told me that she was given life that she shouldn't have had in Luceti. That she had her life taken by the Forest Spirit, that she was killed, and that she should have stayed dead as that spirit intended.

[He had one conversation. Mostly he took care to give her her space.

Silver knew her much better, he's aware. So he won't contest any of that. But Silver is also stupid.]

We spoke once. She didn't come across as someone who'd waste her breath, much less say things like that with so little meaning.

Exactly. Everything she says has meaning. [He brushed it off. Treated it like something that would never happen. But now that he thinks back on it...

But enough of that.]

...That entire ordeal was awful.

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[He thinks you're still missing the point, man. But you're probably not ready to see it. He nods.]

...How are you doing, anyway? [There's plenty of better things that he could say. Plenty of topics he could bring up. Plenty of things he could ask.

But he's not even sure where to start... And that feels more appropriate.]

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