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[tearsofademon]

[Today's video comes courtesy not of Ryner, but of Rose, his Clefairy, sporting her usual rose earclip and a warm, fluffy scarf, bright pink with some little glittery silver dots of embroidery on there.

She waves at the camera, and... well, usually she'd have signs, but she's got a certain intended audience today (and maybe doesn't want to leave behind physical evidence), so she'll just be talking in Pokespeak.]

Hi! I'm Rose, and I've got a question for all of the other Pokemon out there.

See, Mister Sion - one of my dear partner's best person friends - he's really sad. Really, really sad. And apparently he's scared of a fake that I think lives inside his head the same way my dear partner has one that he said isn't there anymore, even though he shouldn't be afraid of any fakes. If any fakes showed up, they'd have to get past all of us first! The fake wouldn't stand a chance!

[...Rose looks very proud of herself, even though she really has no idea how little she understands the situation.]

But he doesn't get that he has nothing to worry about, and so he's scared and sad, and hitting him to distract him doesn't work the same way that it does with my dear partner, and besides I've been told not to? So I want to know how to make him not sad anymore. Because he shouldn't be sad.

How would you do it? Do you have something you do to help your trainers not be sad anymore when they are?

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[11121_assumption]

[ The Pokemon who answers is none other than Wisdom the Xatu. Eileen the Audino is beside her, nodding to Rose with a gentle smile. Wisdom's eyes twinkle red for a moment before she speaks. ]

A fake who eats away at the mind is a very dangerous thing. My trainer has a being lodged in his head - on weekends when reality becomes a revolving door, it walks in. He fears it all year, even when the door is locked shut. We cannot convince him of his safety.

[ Eileen shyly touched Wisdom's shoulder, speaking to Rose ]

We try to take care of him. When he is sad, we take him outside to breathe and walk, or sit with him. He enjoys dancing and drawing too, and training us. It doesn't stop him from worrying about it, but it helps distract him for a little while.

[tearsofademon]

Distracting him and staying with him is all my dear partner knows how to try, though, and it hasn't done anything to help.

[that she can see]

[11121_assumption]

Our trainer also devotes his time to training. Perhaps you could encourage yours to do that, or to travel?

[ Wsidom's eyes widened for a moment, as if seeing something new. ]

With a friend, the voice is a whisper. Alone, it roars. Company is a comfort. Unless it's bad company. Then you should remove the bad company and find good company.

[tearsofademon]

We don't travel a lot anymore, ever since Mister Sion and my dear partner bought the house. And they have to stay around so the gym can be open.

[Still, she seems to be considering it. And the latter half gets her to tilt her head (...self?) in contemplation.]

So... you're saying that even if my dear partner being there for Mister Sion doesn't do much, he'd be sadder if he was alone, so that's still helping?

[11121_assumption]

[ Wisdom nodded. ]

If he is good company. Our trainer does not do well with just anyone. It takes special people. If your dear partner is special to Sion, he is helping by being with him.

[ Eileen smiled and nodded happily, holding her paws together. ]

Yes! Humans do well when they're together with people and Pokemon they trust. Our trainer is very solemn but with us and his friends, he smiles and has laughed! I know some people think he would never laugh.

[tearsofademon]

He does seem a lot happier when he and my dear partner are just sitting there teasing each other...

[and her dear partner sure is but that's not the point]

It just doesn't seem like enough. If it is helping, why isn't it helping more?

[11121_assumption]

You seek a cure. But there is no cure to the common cold. There is only medicine and time. And chicken broth.

[ Eileen hummed, explaining what Wisdom had just said. ]

She means that there might be no way to help more. Our trainer is similar...we can't "fix" him. We can only help him.

[tearsofademon]

[She frowns at this.] But there has to be a way to help more and it's just no one has found it!

[11121_assumption]

[ Wisdom shook her head.] For our trainer, there is no cure. You eat the chocolate cake for a day, and it takes a month to lose the weight. You endure cruelty and voices for years, and it takes decades for the scars to mend. If they mend.

[ Eileen touched Wisdom's side again. The Xatu stepped back. ] If you find a way, then please tell us. But we do all that we can for our trainer, and there's nothing else we can think of.

[tearsofademon]

When I find something that works, I'll tell you. I don't want your trainer to be sad either.

[She still seems adamant there has to be something though.]