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"Oh, yeah?" Nate asked. "I always thought you two were pretty tight." Rocky tucked the shadow mudkip back into his bag and closed the flap over it. The sides of the bag moved fitfully for a couple seconds while the shadow settled down inside, then stilled. Rocky stood there awkwardly, unsure of...

"Ain't a dark secret so much as a stupid one," Nate said. "Diyem gets enough shit as it is. And he don't owe me jack. But sure. I'll think about it." Rocky edged a little closer to the shadow mudkip, who hadn't moved besides the tears that continued to well from beneath his eyelids. "Do you...

A troubled frown briefly passed across Nate's face. "I haven't," he said. He looked over at the shadow mudkip, who had closed his eyes, maybe trying to pretend he wasn't there now that no one was talking to him. "It's kind of seriously fucking embarrassing, you know?"

"Really?" Nate spread his hands, taking in the shadow mudkip, which had turned away from him, already knowing what was coming. "I don't want that thing, like dripping on my soul or whatever the fuck. It's disgusting. I am absolutely not touching that, much less merging with it or whatever the...

The shadow mudkip pressed himself down even further into the sand, until it looked as though he was melting into it. He shivered violently, as though even considering the question was painful. "I think... I think the only way is for me to, to, to go back to being... part of Nate." "Not...

"I don't think so. I don't really know what happens when I'm not... here."

"I... I don't know," the mudkip said, clutching miserably at the gritty sand under him. 'I've only ever been here."

Owen looked like he was settling in, but there was no way Nate was going to put up with this shit much longer. He got back to his feet, dumping his latest handful of sand, and brushed his hands together to clean them off. "What do I want?" the shadow asked. "What I want is... for everything to...

The shadow nodded miserably. "He can't... yes." The other question was much harder. "Why?" The mudkip shuddered sniffling and wiping at one eye, to no effect. "I don't understand. This is just how I am. I've always been this way."