89. [Video/Action for travel group]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[A short while after the singing wild Pokemon and egg presents had died down, a rather unfortunate discovery was made upon dialing a number she'd been meaning to dial ever since Claudia Wolf and Kaito Kuroba had disappeared from Johto.]

[Already on the road, the weather's mild enough (even with the wind picking up) that Heather decided that was pretty much a good time to pocket her Valentine's Day present and just head off for a walk. Because lord knows, she needs one.]

[It's not the first time Johto has given everyone the gift of a precious little egg, but it is the first time that Heather's found herself resenting it.]

[The video feed pops on, focused in on a tiny, pale yellow little egg hardly bigger than a chicken's, nestled in the palm of Heather's hand as dry grass goes past underfoot.]</sub>



It would be so easy to just... crush it.

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[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[At that, she looks away.]

[He's right, of course... but she's just so angry.]</sub>

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[He can tell, but... he really doesn't want her to go the way he once tried to solve his problems.]

... Just. Don't do anything you'd regret later, 'kay?

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[She thought she'd mostly gotten away from those dark feelings from Back There. But it seemed even with God destroyed and not physically polluting her body with its abominable feelings anymore, that old bloodthirstiness wasn't entirely gone.]

[Maybe it's just a part of her.]</sub>

... I've already done plenty that I regret.

_{[Not that adding to the pile would make it any better...]}

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[Crow looks up at the celling thoughtfully, letting out a small sigh.]

"Having regrets makes us humans, but you should not hold onto them forever."

... That's what a friend of mine told me once. I think... she was right.

[Of course, he's done plenty of things he regrets, too. But he's also learned his lesson a hard way -- the past cannot be changed, so he can only move forward.]

No matter how bad the past is, there's always hope for the future.

[video]

[foolishwren]

S'still not much of a motivation not to do something I regret right now.

[video]

[darkenedgales]

'S your call, sure, but I'd rather you didn't make yourself feel even more shitty than you already seem to be.

... Trust me when I say that's the only thing you'd gain from it.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Hmrh.

<sub>[It's a dismissive noise. And with that... she hangs up. RUDE.]

[... But, well, she can't bring herself to really be polite right now. To anybody. Simply removing herself from the conversation is pretty much the best way she can express gratitude at the moment.]</sub>

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[Rude or not, Crow finds that behavior completely understandable, given the circumstances. Hell, he'd probably do the same thing in her place.

He watches the dark screen for a moment even after the connection broke, and lets out a small sigh.]

... Hang in there.

[With that (obviously undelivered) comment, he throws the Gear into the bag and leaves the room.]