[Poker face slips quite a bit at that revelation into something shocked]
He was-- [he cuts himself off, gaze flickering away from Heather and to the side again, and although it isn't her fault at all, he can't help but feel a bit... jealous. Heather isn't the first person he's talked to who had someone dead return here in Johto.
and sometimes he wonders (and hopes) that maybe, just maybe, his dad would join the ranks of them as well]
... was. [he puts emphasis on the term was, indicating that he realizes she is speaking in the past tense]
[action]
He was-- [he cuts himself off, gaze flickering away from Heather and to the side again, and although it isn't her fault at all, he can't help but feel a bit... jealous. Heather isn't the first person he's talked to who had someone dead return here in Johto.
and sometimes he wonders (and hopes) that maybe, just maybe, his dad would join the ranks of them as well]
... was. [he puts emphasis on the term was, indicating that he realizes she is speaking in the past tense]