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01. Video | New Bark Town
[there's a face under the hat-produced shadow and long blond bangs on the screen. the face of a young man, to be precise--about 18 years old, malnourished-looking with eyes like he doesn't know what sleep is. he turns his head a couple of ways like he's trying to find the best angle to listen to the 'Gear from, concentrating.
finally, he shakes his head with a sadly disapproving look and talks to someone offscreen.]
No. I can't hear them the right way like this, either. The way that I think I hear you.
I hear them like people, but it's--like people talking. I see them, too. Does that mean it's working?
[his attention is still offscreen. beat. and then he smiles, a little.]
Thank you. I'm sorry. This is still interesting.
[now he looks at the 'Gear properly, expression cleared and voice somewhat louder and lighter.]
Er--my name is Cole. I don't know if I am supposed to say anything. [glances into a corner.] She--told me that if I used this, then I could hear more than I could without it.
How do you do?
[that's what you say when you're testing the waters, right? he doesn't have the means to do anything much more than that with whatever can hear him back.]
finally, he shakes his head with a sadly disapproving look and talks to someone offscreen.]
No. I can't hear them the right way like this, either. The way that I think I hear you.
I hear them like people, but it's--like people talking. I see them, too. Does that mean it's working?
[his attention is still offscreen. beat. and then he smiles, a little.]
Thank you. I'm sorry. This is still interesting.
[now he looks at the 'Gear properly, expression cleared and voice somewhat louder and lighter.]
Er--my name is Cole. I don't know if I am supposed to say anything. [glances into a corner.] She--told me that if I used this, then I could hear more than I could without it.
How do you do?
[that's what you say when you're testing the waters, right? he doesn't have the means to do anything much more than that with whatever can hear him back.]
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She was in the room, in the ball... Er-- wait...
[now he lets the 'Gear... sloppily fall aside, and gets on the ground. he isn't covering the screen or anything, so some of what he's doing can probably be seen before he's done, but when he is, he straightens ("straightens") the 'Gear back out in front of him with one hand. There's a Ralts draped over the opposite arm, leaning in.]
This is her. ...She sounds like a girl.
It works with people, too, usually. But it's just been her.
[with another glance down at "her".]
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[A smile crosses her face when she sees the Ralts.]
That's something specific to that species. Ralts... they're psychics. Or "psychic-types" as the people here call it. They're also very empathic, so if you can feel things with her, it's likely because she's sharing her emotions with you.
[... That would sound like utter nonsense, if she heard that when she first arrived. But after raising the very same kind of Pokemon... she's gotten used to it.]
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I feel her.
[he likes that smile. smiles are good. and he talks with whispery wonder.]
So it's backwards... I understand. I can't hear her, but she's good at making herself heard--so you've felt them, too?
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[She turns away from the camera, calling out to someone named "Frigga". A moment later, a Gardevoir appears on screen, looking rather curious.]
She's all grown up, though.
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She's pretty.
But--she's a grown Ralts, but not a "Ralts" anymore.
[like a caterpillar stops being "caterpillar" when it grows up. like a kitten stops being "kitten", even. he thinks he's getting it.]
Can you still do that together? The sharing thoughts, the hearing feelings...
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[In the face of Cole's curiosity and his companion's excitement, Frigga looks a bit shy, but even so, she smiles and waves.]
I don't hear her thoughts as much as I did when she was younger, no. But I can still... feel things, whenever she's close by. I feel much calmer.
[Perhaps that's why she hasn't had an anxiety spell outside of her first day in Johto...]
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She makes you feel "better".
["backwards" but just as good. the wonder is back, burying a strain of something weirder that's... probably envy.]
That's wonderful...
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All the pokemon here, psychic or not... they care a lot about their trainers. You'll see when you find more friends of your own.
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[more new friends. he has been taken quickly and unexpectedly from the most friends he's ever had... but there must be good to be had here, too.
and along with it, he'll learn to be a "person" even faster, whether he wanted it now and like this or not.]
Thank you for talking to me--this is different, but... I know more now. More than I did, and it's-- still strange, but not bad. If I don't go home soon, I can still stay here and learn.
[a tongue-tied way of saying it, but what she's told him and shown him gives him things to admire and look forward to. he's not out of questions, but he's still happy for this conversation.]
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[Ralts are supposed to be good at reading humans. If this boy's Ralts is attached to him like that already, then there's nothing to worry about.]
And you're quite welcome! I was in your shoes once, lost and confused after just waking up in this land. Now that I know more about the world and pokemon, it's only fair that I help those who are new here.