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Raven nodded. "When the time comes, I'll be there for all of us. No matter what."

That was something that Raven was all too familiar with. After all, her looks weren't too far removed from the person she was a reflection of, and the reactions she'd gotten had taken it's toll on her for a very long time. She herself refused to acknowledge stares or comments made towards her...

"...Maybe so... But you're still a Pokémon in the end. All of us are. I think it would be hard to say that all Pokémon are normal. And, well... The memories that you manifested with might not be yours, but the ones you've gained over time are. You've experienced things nobody else but you...

Raven was quiet again. Maybe she was strange, in some ways. And perhaps determined to a fault. But at least she didn't feel out of place... "...What makes you feel as if you aren't normal...?"

"...It is. I hope that we're successful when we face Maple... It would be nice to be able to relax there again..."

"Hmm... I was trying to become something more, for a while. Looking into becoming "a real Pokémon". Before I found out that we already were. Needless to say, I'm not anymore.", Raven answered. "I was also travelling and spending time at the Tree of Life..."

Raven frowned. "What do you mean by that?" She hadn't really thought that she was, at least compared to some of the others she knew...

"... Right. Of course."

"You misunderstand. I will take the risk, but if I can get out alive and well, then I most certainly will. I am not actually trying to die. I'm simply using my abilities in a way that would benefit the team. I suppose I could just... live, without doing anything, but..." She paused, seeming...

"... Perhaps I would be. But if it means that Cibus would be safe in the end, I would take that risk.", Raven answered in a gentle tone. "This place is home, even if it's only temporary."

"It would only be for fun. If there was anything that came up... I'd make sure you were back here if something happened.", she replied with a small smile, but it soon faded away. "If or when spying or investigating is needed again, I'll be going alone."

Raven nodded, but kept an eye on Cal. She had not expected this conversation, and was in fact expecting to be antagonized after the absolute disaster that the moon observation mission had been, but... She hoped Cal would be alright. There was a lot of heavy things on her mind... "If you need...

Raven was quiet for a moment, but didn't keep Cal waiting long. "... I don't think we'll ever truly forget. Or change so much that we see who we are now as someone completely different after hatching. ... Perhaps I am just being optimistic or hopeful, but... We won't forget who we are."

Raven set her fork down again and looked at her plate as she turned the question around in her thoughts. When she looked up again, her expression was solemn. "I believe...that we'll still be ourselves. No matter what form we take after hatching. The forms we have now, as something like...

"Hm... Well, I don't know if it would be something that appeals to you, but maybe traveling around Cibus would give you more to experience.", The other Shade suggested. "I'm always finding something new and fun in the towns and villages I pass through, even when I'm investigating something...

"...I see.", Raven replied, and didn't press it. "So... What exactly did you come looking for out here? Just anything that caught your eye, or something more specific...?"

"... Mostly what Mellow knows of her real sister. That, and a little bit of what she imagines she would be like. I don't know if she really would be like me, but I try to be there for Mellow all the same. I can be my own person after she's gone back home to Pokèt...", Raven answered, then...

"Hm..." Raven looked out at the rest of the space around the small restaurant. "Perhaps. There are a lot of things to learn if you listen... If you are careful and don't stand out. For instance, not many people would expect a rock to be anything more than that. ...I suppose that would be...

Raven stopped poking at her food and looked up. A thin, forced smile came to her face as the other Shade approached. "Good evening, Cal...", she replied, "...Of course I came back. I did attempt to examine the moon's surface after... ...But there wasn't anything to see. So... It is better if...

In the time after the disastrous ending to what was supposed to be a simple recon mission, Raven was not seen or heard from by a majority of the team. The only ones that she perhaps talked with at all were the ones she was closest too. Even then, it was briefly and only to say that she regret...