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[shiro2hero]

Keith and Romelle are gone.

I've got their starters. And Keith's Skarmory. If anyone has any of their other pokemon I'd appreciate knowing.

Going to Cianwood City. Missed that badge. Sorry to anyone waiting on the Island.

That's all.

[That's. Really all. That's all he knows how to say about the situation. All he thinks to say without dumping more feelings out.]

[So clearly... it's back on the road.]

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[notvaljean]

Yeah, they were really close. I liked Keith too... what I knew of him.

[Keith had a much harder shell around him than Shiro did. Much harder to pierce.]

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[sunspotted]

He was private. But Shiro definitely cared about him.

[ he's soft as he says it. he imagines this is... pretty similar to how jean would feel if he left. he kind of wants to assure him he has no intentions of leaving - but he's sure keith felt the same way.

oops. that silence has run a little long, hasn't it? ]

I'll make sure to take care of him. Can't have him getting hurt before you get out.

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[notvaljean]

[Oh no: Jean would be emotionally destroyed if anything happened to Marco. Keith is, to the best of everyone's knowledge, going back to a war, but not necessarily his death. Marco, and now Bertolt, would be going home to certain annihilation, and Jean chooses to not think about that as much as he can.]

Yeah, he needs to be feeling better by the time I'm out of jail so he can give me shit about it.

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[sunspotted]

You mean us giving you grief about it isn't working the same?

[ you can't hear it, but there is SUCH an eyebrow raise right now. ]

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[notvaljean]

[Oh no, don't worry, he can hear it. He hears that raised eyebrow all the way over in Violet Town.]

You guys don't have the same level of dadly gravitas.

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[sunspotted]

But you're saying I do have some fatherly gravitas?

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[notvaljean]

A little. But you're going to have to up your game to compete with Shiro.

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[sunspotted]

Those are some pretty big shoes to fill. Guess I'll have to start working on it right away.