[ bandit chews on the end of the stick, but pauses when he sees an umbreon. then he yanks the stick and bonks it into the camera excitedly, where he can see them. friend?? friend?! ]

Ow - Bandit.

[ jack, who has been summarily smacked in the hands, chides his pokemon, who sits down with his tail wagging and the stick still in mouth. thankfully, jack has been listening to shiro, so he hasn't missed anything. ]

So they either go home entirely without a trace... or something else happens. Could they actually be separating the consciousness from the body?

[ that last part is murmured to himself. ]

What about things like scars?