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[walkersystem]

"Hi, it's Molly. Leave a message and I'll call you back!"

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[wing_attack]

She... she was... we were close. I didn't know her before everything started, but we've... been pretty close since the beginning. She... she helped keep me human. So I didn't lose myself. She was... the most important person... the most...

[He breaks off, throat closing up too much to say anything more.]

[walkersystem]

I'm sorry ...

_{[There's a rustle as she shifts position, hugs her knees to her chest.]}

I know it hurts a lot ... when ...

[wing_attack]

... Yeah. It... it does. She's... they let me take her, after the service. I don't know what I'm going to do with her, but...

[He sniffs, and there's the sound of his clothes rustling over the microphone.]

... I don't know what to do anymore...

[walkersystem]

_{[It takes her a moment to figure out what he means. But she's quiet for a moment longer anyway.]}

Do ... do you have a pokémon there? Like a dog or a cat or anything?

[wing_attack]

I've got Regal here. Rachel... Rachel is in her Pokeball.

[He's not sure if he can let her out right now.]

[walkersystem]

You should hug him.

_{[She doesn't know what else might help. But plushies or pets sometimes do, right?]}

[wing_attack]

I did. He's... it's better that he's here than if he weren't, but it's... still not okay.

[walkersystem]

I know ... I'm really sorry ...

Are ... are you still in Goldenrod? Cause if you want we could meet. But maybe you just want to be alone.

[wing_attack]

... I'm near Ilex Forest. I could fly back, but it would take a little time. I don't want to push Regal too much.

[walkersystem]

Well, if you want. We could ... go eat ice cream or something, or ...

You don't have to or anything but sometimes that makes me feel better when I get upset.

...

_{[There's a sound like she might say something else, but in the end she just trails off.]}

[wing_attack]

... I haven't had ice cream in a long time. Or at least, it feels like a really long time.

[walkersystem]

It's summer now. You have to have ice cream when it's summer.

[wing_attack]

It was always warm where I lived. Not really hot, but we never really got winter.

[walkersystem]

Me too. Where are you from? I lived in LA.

[wing_attack]

... Really? I'm from that area, too. Or... when I lived on the west coast, I was.

[walkersystem]

Yeah. I grew up there. Then I moved to New York last year.

[wing_attack]

Oh. I bet that was a big change, if you've never lived there before.

[walkersystem]

Mm ... it was really cold.

Did you move from California too?

[wing_attack]

Sort of. My aunt and uncle lived on opposite sides of the country, so every few years I'd move.

[walkersystem]

You didn't live with your parents?

_{[.. and she realizes right away why he might not, so she looks a little sorry she asked.]}

[wing_attack]

N... no. I thought my mom was dead for a long time, but it turns out she went blind and got amnesia. My dad... I thought had run off or died or something. But it turns out he was an alien and he died in front of me. I don't know if that makes me an alien genetically, since the Ellimist messed with timelines to put him back where he was 'supposed to be'... but I never really got a chance to know him.

... My aunt and uncle hated each other, and neither wanted me, so they just kept moving me back and forth.

[walkersystem]

... your dad was an alien?

_{[Sorry Tobias, sorry. Hold up. Sorry. She needs to process that first. That's actually really distracting, even if her tone is still pretty soft and unsure.]}

[wing_attack]

... Yeah. He morphed into human and got himself stuck that way on purpose to stay with my mom, apparently.

[walkersystem]

That's really sweet.

_{[She says that with a small smile, and he might hear it, but then she's quiet for a few seconds before she says, with a lot of feeling because she knows what this is like,]}

I'm sorry your parents are gone.

[wing_attack]

Elfangor... he's the one who gave us the morphing power. So I'm thankful for that, but I never got to know him. I... I mean my mom's still alive now, so I guess that's nice... and we fixed her eyesight. But she's... she still doesn't remember me. It's not her fault, but... it's like I still don't have a mom.