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"I guess it at least gives you some knowledge," Cal mumbled, looking back at Buffet, who only smiled. "Think that's all you needed?" she asked the Shade, wondering if it was about time to go. She wondered, idly, if the mirror would remember any of this.

"O-oh!" The Shaymin seemed taken aback, stepping away, but nodded back. "Er, um, thank you. We, you're from a different world, so... perhaps we are more important where you are from. But here, we are... well... kind spirits that simply live amongst ourselves. It's a peaceful life..." She looked...

"The Tree..." Xerneas looked down, humming, as her body twisted and turned around Diyem, not quite lengthening, only bending more. There was no telling what state his bones were in at this point... "You will never be able to harm the Tree or free Eien while she is meditating. That is what I have...

"...I have no need," Diyem replied, nestling into Xerneas' coils. "Xerneas can grant life, after all. I am more than healthy." "Well... all things considered, I do have one suspected spy, and it does have to do with the spy. It was someone I saw as they fled, after trying to enter the Tree...

"Oh, don't worry about that," Shaymin said with a disarming smile. "When you go, it'll melt and thaw. A little ice won't be the end of the world." "Aside from the Bittercold," quipped another Shaymin, who took an Energy Ball to the side by a third.

"Yes, we've all been recovered," Shaymin said. "It was a little long, but you know how fields can be. Even after the greatest fires, the plants will grow back. That's no different for here!" Indeed, it seemed that Shaymin Village was looking normal. The only signs that there had been an...

Three wraps around, now, and Diyem didn't look like he would be able to move without some serious maneuvers. "I am fine just where I am," Diyem said slowly, looking down. "...I... should not leave the Tree of Life. I cannot leave it. I am... making amends with the Tree by doing this..." His...

The Shaymin seemed to notice pretty quickly, but they were being polite. They seemed to know that Kindle was part of Team Spectrum, and was probably visiting as a checkup to make sure no new Shadows had appeared. One of them approached cautiously. "Um... Everything is fine here, if you're...

Xerneas was starting to curl around Diyem in an odd way. His body bent and creaked and they were positive that they heard a few of Xerneas' bones breaking as he did so, moving like a serpent as his hooves wrapped around his shoulders. "I don't think you should be here," Xerneas said in a low...

"...Anything you say to me can be said to Xerneas," Diyem said simply, pressing into the Lifebringer's chest with a leathery pomf noise as his wings ruffled behind him. "Don't you have a mission to be preparing for?" "I don't see how being here will do anything for that mission," Xerneas said...

Cal fidgeted again. "I don't know. My name is Cal. I answer to Cal. And... I want to be fine with that. But there's this nagging feeling that..." Growing frustrated, she shook her head. "Forget it. I'm not good at this kind of thing, and this is supposed to be a moment where you figure yourself...

Cal seemed to be smiling, but it was a wavering one, still weighed down by too many thoughts. "Luz... the Luz I know is a world away from yours. So I guess it's not that much of a problem if you guys wind up sharing the same name. I have... the opposite problem." Cal looked down. "The one I'm...

"...I don't know..." Cal looked down. "To see if... the you that you're based on is alright. To see if... you'll be alright when you meet the flesh-and-blood Luz. And..." Cal swished her tail. "And if I'd work up the courage to see who I'm from."

"W-well, yeah, I..." Cal's embers flickered, like she was blinking. "I do... want to help out. I guess that's my choice... I guess I chose that..." She just didn't know if her choices were really something she was in control of. But was anybody? Or... "I wanted to see how she was doing... even...

"...What're you talking about?" Cal said, looking up. "You're, like... one of the bravest Shades. You're practically more of an inspiration than half the team! You know, the... flesh-and-blood team."

Cal seemed silent, contemplative. She didn't reply to any of that, but it was more than clear that it had all gotten through to her, more than any blow to her Core ever could. She nodded quietly, something else on her mind.

"He's..." Owen didn't have the words, either. "Um... Diyem? Xerneas?" No response from either. "Diyem... hey! Diyem?" Xerneas opened one eye, frowning. Diyem followed, groaning as he nestled up against Xerneas' chest. He blinked awake, then jolted upright. "Rrgh--what? Who dares--oh. You."...

Owen, very aware of those same risks, said, "I don't think those phantom things will try to attack us unless we're closer to the depths of the Tree. Right now I think we'll be okay... Let's try to be careful." Through the dense forestry, they made it to a clearing per Wishkeeper's guidance...

Cal fidgeted, unable to look at White directly. She seemed to become smaller and smaller. "...He told me the same thing," she said. "I don't... I don't get it. How can I choose who I am when all of the memories I've been given are... not my choice? A-am I even in control of what I like and don't...

Cal liked the Luz she knew better. This one was asking too many hard questions. Yet she felt compelled to answer them. Maybe it was better this way. "No," she said. "I'm... I don't know what I am. I'm parts of Dad--I mean, my host. I'm parts that he keeps inside. And I'm also memories of someone...