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Dill could only nod as he took it, managing it into his maw.

"Hahhh..." Dill managed out, shakily reaching for a burn on his back.

He gave a warm crocodile smile back as he rested his burnt cheek against Saltriv's neck. "I love you too, Sal," he said, hugging his boy- wait, wait, no. His... partner? Lover? Significant other? Hm... he'd have to figure that out later. For now... ah. It seemed the adrenaline was wearing off...

His burns screamed in protest, but he didn't care. Giving the brightest smile his maw could muster with its pointy teeth, he hugged Saltriv back in a crushing embrace, lifting them off the ground as he managed out a quiet laugh of joy and relief. They'd won. Cibus was saved...

His legs shaking as they tried to hold the river monster up, Dill stared in a mix of disbelief and elation. "W-we... really did it? It's over?" he asked.

Dill perked up. "Yeah, yeah! Pepper, hey, we need you to help relieve us, this thing's hitting hard! Do a Feraligatr a solid!" he called.

Dill winced as he got up, looking at the multitude of spirits gathered from Cibus. Surely one of them could help them out, surely...

Dill yelled out in pain as he took yet another attack, the burns covering him screaming in protest. While they had at least partially receded after the Eternal Truth, they were still prevalent enough that every attack he took felt like pain wrapped snugly in broken dreams with a bow on top...

"Yeah... l-let's do good!" he grinned, turning to face the Blacklight again through the pain it had inflicted. While he'd definitely need a lot of Rawsts and a lot of comforting once this was done, it could have been worse. Oh, he couldn't have asked for a better partner for this...

Dill finally glanced at Saltriv, staring at him before glancing down at his raw, blistered arm, the awful flashbacks that came with them fueling the resistance brewing. Sure, that sunset might not matter in the long run. But... this wasn't the long run, was it? Saltriv was right. He had a...

As more shadows crawled along Dill's skin, more burns started to appear all across his body, beginning to look similar to those covering the Totodile before him. As Saltriv spoke, though, the wisps' dashing began to slow, the blistering following suit, though he still didn't look at Saltriv...

Dill seemed to blink for a moment, seeming to reconsider. Right... he just had to think of the sunset. The sunset... The Totodile gasped again, driving that metaphorical stake deeper. Dill started to tremble as he tried to pull his hand away. "N-no, Sal, you don't get it... e-even if we win...

A deep pit formed in Dill's gut as he laid eyes upon a small Totodile before him, horrific burns and wounds covering him as he let in feeble gasps for final breath. "What does it matter? Life is just a straight road to death anyways. How does what you do and who you care for matter when you're...

Managing the brightest smile his crocodile maw could muster in that situation, Dill hugged Saltriv back in as tight of a hug as he could. "Let's kick some ugly eldritch ass!" he grinned.

Dill clenched his teeth, his eyes wide with panic. He didn't have time to think, he could tell... "S-so what if you hurt me? That won't change a thing, we've been through too much. You'll still be my friend, and I'll st-still love you," he hurriedly managed out, tightening his grip on Saltriv's...

Dill took quick notice of his partner's situation, hurrying in front of the shadowy Chikorita and putting his hands on their shoulders to shake them out of it. "Sal! Sal, look at me! Think of the sunset, yeah? Think of everyone back home! Y-you're... not about to let that fucking thing tell you...

"Yeah!" he nodded, that hope and determination within him swelling once more. He had no idea how they'd go through with that, but if there was anything his time here was never short of, it was miracles.

Hope... "...S-Sal? How about... agh, we go to the beach once we win this, watch the sunset together? We'll bring Shiron and Vix too, why not?" he asked, managing a crocodile smile.

Pain wracked Dill's body, he could feel himself shrink, and... he could feel Cibus slipping away... "...n-no... no, no..." he just barely croaked out. This was hopeless, wasn't it? How were they supposed to defeat something like this...? This was the thought he was ready to give up on, but...

Dill laid sprawled out on the ground and still for a second before wincing and getting back up, clutching the impact wound as he panted. "Aaghh... yeah, yeah... gonna take a lot more than that to get me down," he nodded, glancing at Sword.