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"Hey, well, you're about to save Cibus technically again but also not. I think if Miracle Owen could do it, then you can too! Neither of you like giving up, that's for sure. I think you'll pull through easy," he grinned at Owen.

"Uh...yeah! What she said," Ben said with a grimace. "You don't ever really lose who you are, but you do change to adapt. I'm sure you'll change again to be the Owen you want to be." How do you motivate the usually peppy one?

"Hated how naive and stuff you were?" Ben asked. "I mean, betrayal is er...pretty rough, but you make my betrayals sound real petty. Must be hard dealing with several layers of amnesia and tons more forgotten histories" Somehow in Ben's mind, Owen becoming a tree seemed the least crazy. Well...

Ben grimaced. "I'd definitely not want to meet another me, one of me is enough." Just thinking of another Ben that went through the same shit as he did was enough to leave a bad taste in his mouth. "Okay...so isn't it weird that we know you but you don't know us?"

It was weird talking to an Owen he knew but didn't. "So, wait...you're still Owen but from a laterish point in his life? Does...that mean, you, as Owen, who has a past version that met us, wouldn't that mean you have his memories, too?" Memory bullshit hurt his head. But he'd have to deal with...

Ben glared at Aria, but his brain felt too fried to stay mad at her. As gross as all the innuendo was, at least it...kind of worked in giving Owen away. The arcanine fidgeted nervously. "Er...I guess? I mean it was just gonna be me and Aria, because we haven't had a proper chat since getting...

"Something tells me they didn't think about this too hard," Ben hummed. "Can you just...swap back, please? This has been a not fun experience."

Finally, things were starting to make sense again! As much as it could, anyways. His snout scrunched up and he huffed after receiving Aria's bop. Despite being thoroughly unamused, he supposed he could see the humour in it all. "What's even the point?" Ben asked. "You're both Owen...why not...

"Please explain clearly before I lose it, you two are going to drive me crazy with all your innuendo and madness," he whined.

"Ah yes, my mistake, it was so funny I forgot to laugh," Ben rolled his eyes at the lucario then turned back to 'Owen.' "Look man, the tentacles were weird, and the tree thing less weird but it's still bizarre. I don't care what you turn into next but leave me out of it." Then he paused...

"...You really expecting me to believe that bullshit?" he asked in deadpan. Then he glanced at Aria. "He's Owen, but not Owen, what the heck is going on?"

"Wha...?" The only expression on the arcanine's face was one of dumbfounded confusion.

Ben's eye twitched. He couldn't believe he was hearing any of this! They had both totally lost the plot, they were crazy, or Diyem's translation messed up again, or...or... He squeezed his eyes shut as he took in deep breaths. What the hell was Aria doing? Where had all this weird stuff come...

"WHAT?!"

Did he feel faint? He felt absolutely faint. Corners of vision...darkening... "Wh-Wha..." his mouth opened and closed like a magikarp. "R-Rope?! Helping?!" "D-Did I fall into some alternate dimension or some shit?!" he cried. "Or did you both suddenly go crazy, b-because I feel very normal...

Ben gawked. "I don't know what kind of picnics you two have, b-but we don't get physical in my world! It's just a relaxing time eating food with friends." This was crazy. This was madness! "And—Cal?! Why'd you get her involved, sh-she's just a kid!"

"W-Wait, what?!" Ben cried. "I-I didn't sign up for..." He turned on Aria. "I thought this was just a picnic! N-Not some weird, um..." Ben didn't want to judge his friends, but they didn't need to get him involved, too!

Outdoor fu-- Ben almost made a face of disgust. Was that all Aria had on the mind? He supposed it explained why Mint was so.... He quickly shook his head, he had to focus! Had Owen really forgotten his roommates? Because Mergo absolutely hadn't been one of them. "You don't think Sparky was...

Ben's eyes narrowed. "You don't remember?" he questioned. "You only roomed with that jerk and--" The arcanine stopped, then shot a glance at Aria. "There was another. You remember Sparky, don't you?" If Owen couldn't recall this, or correct his mistake, then something was definitely wrong...

The last thing he wanted was to remember the time he lived with Aria, and then a recovering Diyem joined them...and what had happened between them. They weren't fond memories for sure. At least it was good times after. He caught Aria's glance and briefly tensed. Had she caught onto something...