[ The problem is, the Order doesn't teach greys; they teach nihilism and absolutes. Things are right or wrong. Divine or corrupt. Suffering or...more suffering. And despite having been in Johto for so long, he still struggled with the concept that it was okay to not be firmly one way. He just didn't know what to make of it. ]

That's not...I know, it's not Paradise. Assumption suffered. Pokemon suffer. People are still what they are.

...I didn't think he would go. I didn't get to repay him. For the kindness he showed me. [ He couldn't repay Asriel's kindness and friendship. He hadn't known how to, and now...just as he hadn't been able to repay Rhys before he vanished as well. Gracie touched his cheek, to try and calm him. He had been Asriel's friend. He didn't need to repay anything. ]