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[Connor seems subdued as he turns on the gear, eyes cast downward instead of making eye contact with the camera.]

I... wanted to inform you all that Hank is gone. His Pokemon are gone too, except for one.

[He pauses to sigh, swallows, and finally looks at the gear. Said Pokemon, Connie the Floette, hovers by Connor's side, sulking.]

I don't understand why I'm still here. We arrived here together, surely we should have left together?

[It's a question he knows there's no answer to, but he's distraught and trying to rationalise the situation. Maybe he's hoping someone will tell him that he'll leave soon, too. Because without Hank here, he feels lost. He's suddenly in this strange world alone. What seemed like a wonderful life has been turned upside down overnight. He had been excited for his first prom, but now he has nobody to go with and the whole affair has lost its appeal. Going back to their home in Goldenrod seems daunting. Won't it be empty all on his own?

He abruptly shuts off the camera.]

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Yeah, I mean I wish we could. That way we could bring back people who want to be here or let people who want to leave...leave.

It's one of those things on my giant list of things I want to know more about this place.

...um, if I find anything. I'll let you know.

[He's really not good at this sort of thing but he can offer anything he might find in the future.]

I guess...that's one good thing. ...he really didn't like it here?

Thank you. I'd appreciate it.

[Connor really has no reason to believe anyone can find anything, but he would be glad to know about it if they did.]

He didn't, no. I think he felt that he had no purpose. For the most part, he simply let me drag him around Johto.

[Dipper doesn't really believe that mystery can be solved either. Considering how long people have been here. It won't stop him from keeping his eyes open for clues though.]

He seemed to be getting into finding lost pokemon. Plus, even if you don't like places if you get dragged around by friends or family it's usually not that bad.

I mean my sister drags me around places and I'll usually have fun because she's my sister and we have fun together. Even if I sometimes act like I'm not.

[Helping? Well he's trying.]

He was, but I don't think it called to him the way he wanted. Maybe if he could have had a job as a police officer again, he would have been happier. He was always passionate about making the world a better place.

[And a world like this, so seemingly perfect... what could he do?]

I like to think he had fun with me, at least. The circumstances just weren't ideal for him.

For a place that lets you have a lot of jobs, I find it a bit suspicious that they won't let people be police officers. ...then again, the entire group of them are on my long list of things I wish I could figure out about this place.

[His theories are clones or robots.]

Yeah this world is...odd like that. I mean I like that people don't find monsters strange. But it can be really frustrating in other places. But anyway. Even if he didn't like the place, I bet he had fun with you.

Oh and I don't know if it helps but I got some advice when Mabel vanished, which was mostly. Don't do stupid things you're known for doing that you know are bad for you. Er...in my case it was someone telling me not to wander off and get lost trying to explore the woods or some place by myself.

I kind of have a bad habit of going off on my own to try and investigate things. And after losing my sister....I probably would have done that if someone hadn't said I did it the last time I was here and Mabel left. So maybe watch out for things that seem like a good idea but probably aren't in the long run.....I'm not sure if that helps at all...sorry.

You would think they'd want more people to help deal with crime, yes.

[He smiles sadly at the idea of Hank having honestly had fun with him, though. He hopes so.]

Don't do anything stupid. Got it.

[The smile becomes a little more genuine.]

Thank you. I think I needed to hear that from someone. Maybe I'll be better off putting my time into training my Pokemon.

It would make some sense if people didn't trust us because we came different worlds but there doesn't seem to be much of that. I suppose it's possible that there's some secret in the police force that they don't want us to know about.

[Dipper may have a long list of possible theories about the police here.]

No, problem. ...I'm glad it's helpful. Training pokemon is good. I ended up reading a lot and then I got really lucky and they had a scavenger hunt that ran the entire summer, that I could throw myself into and focus on that instead. Without doing anything stupid.

A secret?

[That's an interesting theory, one that Connor thinks over for a few moments before continuing.]

I've never read an actual book before. I've read magazines, but they're very different to paper books where I'm from. It seems like they're a good way to pass the time, though. Maybe I should look into them more.

Yeah like if they were covering up something. I've seen a few official cover ups back home. Though it's usually the government and there doesn't seem to much of that here. That they'll let us see.

[He's going to be adding to his notes again, isn't he.]

Wait, really? You should totally look into books! There's all sorts, some are just fun to read like mysteries but you can learn a lot of stuff from them too.

I wonder what they could be covering up, if anything.

[It really does seem like this world is too good for that sort of thing, but who knows?]

They must be fun, if so many people read them. And I would like to learn more. Are there any books you'd recommend?

Well lots of things. If it's related to Team Rocket it could be something about not reporting their crimes all the time. Not catching them. Maybe the leader is actually part of team rocket in the first place.

I mean there's lots of things they could be hiding, there's just not any proof of anything so it's just speculation at the moment. If they don't want outsiders joining it could have something to do with why all the officers look the same or something. ....my current theory is clones.

[Connor, you are asking a semi professional conspiracy theorist.]

Books are great. Um, it really depends on what you like but if you haven't read any. I find mystery books are good to read. I finally tracked down this worlds version of the Sibling Brothers, those are books I really liked back home. They're called The Patrat Boys. It's about a pair of teens with Patrats that solve mysteries.

Hm. Where I'm from, androids built for certain purposes often look exactly the same, and function the same way. I'm not the only Connor model, for example. So my theory would be that they were androids. Do they eat? Sleep? Feel pain?

[If he could scan them, he would be able to find out. Unfortunately, he's just a human now.]

I'll look for The Patrat Boys first, then. I like solving mysteries.

I think I've seen some of them eating. The other two, pain or sleep I'm not sure. It's a good theory though. Especially in this place, we really don't know how much technology they actually have and some of the stuff we do is pretty advanced and no one questions it.

[Like teleporting and pokeballs, etc.]

You'll like mystery books then. That's half the fun, trying to figure out the mystery as book goes along.

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