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114. Fourth Wall Post [VIDEO/ACTION FOR ANYWHERE]

.... Yeah.

Yeah, you're in the complete wrong region.

Mount Moon's in Kanto.

_{[Heather huffs out a sigh and takes hold of Cujo's mane as the wayward Grey and his weird spacedog head back to their spaceship, which had landed conveniently on top of one of the Pokemon Centers, barely even remarkable in the middle of all the other chaos that's happening.]}

Man, at this point, the only thing that could surprise me on weekends like this are things staying normal.

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[Who should pop up in time to see an alien leave? This guy, naturally. He'd ask more about it but he hasn't actually spoken to her since the huge fight with Envy and wow is that more than a little awkward.]

Er. Hi there.

_{[Yeah. 'More than' being the key phrase there.]}

... Oh.

Uh.

Hey.

... Glad to see you weren't capslocked to death.

[He really should probably leave or something, but he really does owe her an apology, and he and Envy are on speaking terms again anyway.]

Look, ah, not that it'll do much good since you saw that whole fight happen and everything, but Envy and I have sorted things out. We're not about to go around trying to kill each other.

[Not that they would have to begin with but that's beside the point.]

Good. 'Cuz I'd probably have to step in if that happened, and believe me, neither of you would be happy about that.

_{[Is she trying to look tough? She might be.]

[Though the dead-eyed stare she gives him there for a moment isn't quite what one would expect of your typical tryhard trying to impress somebody. Not that she doesn't do her fair share of that sort of thing, but in this case, she's pretty confident that she'd be able to make things mighty unpleasant for her buddy if he followed in her footsteps and tried to kill an old family member from home.]}

[Greed's not exactly threatened by her trying to look tough, he's been around much too long for that, but he does look incredibly uncomfortable because he got into a fight with Envy in front of a complete stranger who just happened to be a close friend of Envy's.

There's definitely more to her than she's letting on but it's really none of his business so Greed isn't going to ask about it.]

I'm not sure how much he's told you, but he and I have a complicated past.

[To put it mildly.]

I, ah... [Why is apologizing so difficult?] shouldn't have done what I did. It wasn't exactly fair to you.

_{[She considers this for a moment, then waves a hand.]}

Eh. From a ratio of 1 to All the Other Unfair Shit in Life, this is hardly a blip on the radar.

Won't lie, though, it was kind of awkward.

[And he definitely feels guilty about it. It was many years of pent up anger and that was really something that should have been kept private.]

It's a long story.

He told me a little.

Sounds like you guys were under the thumb of one first-class bitch to me.

_{[In all fairness, Heather's projecting a little bit. The detail Envy divulged weren't nearly enough to form as volatile an opinion as she has. ... But on the other hand, it's not like she's actually wrong.]}

[That earns a smirk.]

You could say that. She is someone I'm certainly glad isn't here. For both Envy and I.

It is a long story, though.

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Yeah.

Those kinds of stories always are.

_{[She lets out a sigh, because honestly she's a little concerned with Envy's attitude regarding his 'Master'. But, well, at least he DOES say that he wouldn't side with her again today.]}

[He rubs at his head.]

It's... I could probably explain some of it.

In essence, it reached a point where I could no longer remain loyal to her. Envy... wasn't so lucky. I can't blame him for that, not now.

... You had to get out, and other people couldn't.

I know how that is.

_{[She's been there.]}

[Well that sure sounded like genuine understanding.

He doesn't know her at all, of course, so he's going to take what she says at face value. She must have something in common with Envy on a surface level at the very least, after all.]

It was always my plan to take him with me. I'm not the sort of person to leave people behind if I can avoid it.

I'm a pretty selfish guy but that doesn't mean I like seeing people dying or getting hurt. Especially if it's because of me.

_{[She does. But weirdly enough, in this particular situation, she has more in common with Greed.]

[Which is why she lifts a hand.]}

Look-- it's okay. You don't have to justify yourself to me.

I've known Envy for awhile. He's my friend. And I care about him. A lot.

But this thing-- this thing you guys have both described to me-- I get it. And I get you.

... I had to leave someone behind once.

Behind with someone who used us both.

I couldn't get her out.

And it came back to bite me, too.

So I'm not taking sides in your thing with Envy, even though I'd have his back in anything. Because I've been in your shoes and I know how that shit is a no-win situation.

[Well that does confirm that there might be more to her that what appears at first glance. He's not sure what happened, but it does sound remarkably similar to his own situation.]

Yeah. I wouldn't expect you to. And I don't need it either, particularly.

It's an all around rotten situation to be in. There's no winner, except for maybe the person you've escaped from who is free to manipulate the person you couldn't save.

Yeah.

... Yeah.

Those people are always the winners, aren't they.

_{[A sour, bitter note enters her voice as she speaks.]}

[It's strange talking to someone else who understands. It was never something he had been capable of articulating to Envy. He had just been interested in taking him and running, no explanation given because the explanation wouldn't have been enough.]

And then people like us are the ones who are left wondering if it's possible to save the people we were forced to leave behind.

In my case, I blamed Envy for a long time. I probably would have continued to blame him for something that was her doing had I not come here and found him living here.

_{[She doesn't say anything to that first bit. Not because she disagrees with it, but because it hits home a little too hard.]}

It sounds like you guys have done some patching up, then?

[He nods. He's certainly making an attempt to put on a brave face because it's a lot easier than admitting that he actually has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

He's lived for a long time but he's never exactly lived a normal life.]

Can't tell you where it's going, but we certainly have started down some road to returning to what we used to be.

... Good.

That's good.

_{[And frankly she's proud of Envy for allowing it. ... It's further than she got with Claudia, when Claudia was here. And as much as she hates to admit it, the blame for that lies mostly with her.]}

[He's grateful that he and Envy are a thing again. What that thing is he doesn't have the slightest clue, but it's no longer hated enemies so it's a win as far as he's concerned. He doesn't have many of those.]

Yeah. I think so, too.

_{[She reflects on it for a moment... before pointing at him, tone serious.]}

Whatever you do, don't waste it or let it sour.

You might not get it back.

I lost him once before.

I'm not going to lose him again.

Good. That's a good attitude.

Hang onto it.

Look, whatever happened to you, I...

[Because something happened. He's not oblivious. They have similar backgrounds. It was clearly something major. Probably multiple things.]

I'm lousy at talking about this sort of thing, but I'll try, yeah?

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