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Ah, it really was good to see Lee again. Who knew how long they'd have each other's company this time, or what nonsense they'd be exposed to? But for the time being at least, he had a friend. (A friend who was powerfully into him, but that was no bad thing.) "How about you walk with me...

Jesse stepped forwards, his whole body wracked with pain and his head still ringing a little despite his relative composure. After what he'd been through lately, damn near anything was an improvement. Seeing Lee again was a genuine pleasure. And now he definitely had his mind reading back. That...

Brisa huffed. "That's all a given already. 'Course, those ain't even an exhaustive list of ways the fucker could be spyin' on us." She glanced at the skarmory. Goddamnit, Seyka. Not helpful. The bird was reminding her of Luz right now, in the worst possible fucking way. "Anyway. I ain't...

Jesse staggered to his feet and glanced about with eyes, ears and mind to get his bearings. "Kora, huh? And Ayueg... Howdy, fellas. And howdy to the two of you as well." He proffered a paw to Kora and Meggie, and raised an eyebrow at the combusken and lucario as they passed by. So... a bunch...

As the party descended the hill, a streak of fire raced from the sky to the unforgiving earth, meeting it with an explosive collision. The flames surged for a moment before rapidly dwindling around the body of a prone red delphox, already trying to rise to his feet despite an impact that would...

"That'd be my pleasure, darlin'!" answered Luz, scooping Vix as best as she was able into the lampent's own bag. Well, this wasn't at all how she'd imagined spending her time an hour ago, but it could scarcely have gone better! And hey, she'd made a new friend. One that Brisa would doubtless...

Brisa scowled. What was it with powerful psychics and not having the first fucking clue how people actually worked?? "Nice try, Karat. That don't come as any kinda surprise t'me. I ain't even countin' Starr among the suspects, and I don't intend to start now. Why don't you try an angle I might...

Luz laughed uproariously and scooped up Vix's waxen form in a hug as she twirled around in a dance of sheer delight. She was boiling with heat, with infinity energy, with joy! She'd never felt so alive! So free! So worth existing! "That was the time of my life so far!" she cried. "We're doin'...

Brisa chewed her cheek. "Yeah, that all about tracks. Some of that we knew or'd guessed. ...My gut says that 'radiant component' is poor Joule. Which means perhaps we can still save him..." She shook her head and met Karat's eye. "We'll do our best to get th'rest of yer allies free of him safe...

Brisa scoffed. "If we're spies of Giovanni, then you don't got anythin' to lose from explainin' why yer fightin' him. Either we already know, in which case it ain't exactly a leak of information, or we don't, in which case you might persuade us to turn against him." She glanced at Starr. There...

Brisa nodded. "We're already aware that yer also opposed to Giovanni. You oughta be helpin' us nab the bastard, instead of meddlin' with us by way of that sorry sonofabitch lucario. Would you mind explainin' yer agenda, t'begin with? We can see eye to eye all the sooner if'n we know what drives ya."

Brisa flicked an ear irritably. This was going to be yet another difficult interaction in the space of less than 48 hours, and just looking at Karat reminded her of Giovanni, of being held in his telekinetic grip, of seeing the fear and hatred in Starr's face... "To question you. Your run-ins...

Brisa let out all the breath she had in her. She hardly dared take a breath back in until the shadows dissipated further. "I'm... relieved. I'll be happy when you're well again. Rest up, Astrid. Please." Astrid had promised, by some miracle, not to explode again. Gods, Brisa just hoped she...

Brisa gawped at her friend. Was this dogged optimism, or something worse? "Astrid..." What to say? How to convince Astrid that this was ridiculous, that this was no excuse for her recklessness? Brisa tried to look into the ninetales' eyes, and despite her heartache, she managed it. "I've...

"Guess not," muttered Brisa, looking away even as her ears started to burn. She tried to force herself to calm down, and focused the way she'd learnt to when she needed to flush radiance and shadow from her mind and body. It helped. Just a little. But she still couldn't raise her eyes. "I know...

Brisa's eyes narrowed. "So you're gonna keep riskin' yer life like this? Even if it hurts you? Even if it kills you?" Her breath rattled in her throat as she clenched her jaw so hard it sent waves of pain through her skull. "Even if it hurts me? Astrid, I..." Don't lose your shit goddamnit...

Brisa pressed the heel of one forepaw into her face and tried to swallow her own feelings. "Astrid, until y'can learn to keep yer radiance in check, I'm gonna worry myself senseless every time you fire it up that you won't fuckin' survive it. I gotta be able to depend on yer survival to depend...

Brisa sighed, shook her mane. "We need to go after Diyem and Sword as soon as we possibly can, and the way you're holdin' up, I don't expect you'll be ready fer that. You're one of our best fighters, Astrid. We can't afford fer ya to be laid up in bed after every fight. And the explosions are...

Astrid... had done the same thing to Starr? What the hell. Brisa shook her head and grit her teeth. She... didn't know what this was. Or how to deal with it. Or how to deal with herself. Maybe if she just talked, she'd say something that wasn't useless. "You're fuckin' spectacular in battle...

Brisa bit her cheek. "You... texted me. You must have wanted to talk about somethin', right?" Gods, she sounded pathetic. She was trying so hard not to get upset and all it did was make her sound vague and useless. "Have y'thought twice about pullin' those kinda shenanigans again?" she added...