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[perfectteatime]

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[ The feed suddenly cuts on and you can see the sky, and a bit of minty green hair. Forgive him he's not fantastic with technology. ]

Hello- apologies. I am Byleth Eisner. I do hope this ah- this message finds you all well. I would like to possibly request a bit of help as I believe I may be slightly-

[ It shifts and you can finally see his face! Wait- no. That's an Espurr who's soul-piercing eyes strare into the camera. ]

Espurr!

Breakfast, please! I know you must be hungry, but once we find our way to civilization, I promise we can eat-

Wait- don't d- [ The last thing the video shows are some Espurr beans before the feed cuts. ]

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[perfectteatime]

Oh! It's you. I remember you, kind of anyways.

Yes... [ He lifts the Espurr up to the screen who makes a happy chirp. ] Breakfast.

[shiro2hero]

You... do seem familiar. [Really familiar. Though trying to recall feels fuzzy, like a dream.] Was it during a weekend?

[That would explain a lot.]

[Fortunately, there's an adorable distraction-]

- Well. Hi Breakfast.

[perfectteatime]

I think it might have been? It seems so distant.

[ The Espurr takes up the whole screen for a moment, mewling. ]

He says hello.

[shiro2hero]

That happens sometimes. People don't always stick around after that... but hey. You're one of the lucky ones.

[Hopefully.]

[All the mewing attracts someone else - Shiro's Incineroar. Who shoves her entire head into frame to say hello.]

... so does Red.

[perfectteatime]

Well. I do lucky. This place is really nice. I like the pokemon a lot, and so many of my friends are here.

[ WHOA what is THAT?! ]

Oh! Is that yours? Hello Red!

[shiro2hero]

Oh? You know people already here? That's great news.

[No, sincerely, it is. It always helps, waking up and already knowing people.]

[His voice is a little muffled, considering the enormous Muscle Cat smushing her whole self into view.]

Yeah, she's one of mine - an Incineroar. Started off about the size of your Breakfast.

[perfectteatime]

Indeed, I feel fortunate to be able to see all of my wonderful students again.

[ Is he proud of them? Absolutely. ]

Oh my... will Breakfast get that large?

[shiro2hero]

Students? You're a teacher?

[GO ON, potential new friend!!]

I'm - not actually sure. I don't think I've seen what Espurr evolves into.

[perfectteatime]

Oh indeed. While my stint as a teacher was quite brief, I believe it is my... hm. What do people say? My 'calling' maybe?

[ Record scratch. ]

Evolves into?

[shiro2hero]

Yeah, that sounds about right. I did some teaching too, back in our world.

[Oh. Oh no.]

[Byleth you sweet summer child.]

I... yeah. The creatures here change shape and size when they hit a certain amount of training.

[perfectteatime]

Oh, did you? What did you teach?

[ You have piqued his interest. ]

A certain amount of training... how odd. I wonder what you might become, Breakfast- I hope you stay as cute.

Espurr!

[shiro2hero]

Piloting courses. Flight simulators. It was a school for space exploration.

[.... In so many words.]

I'm sure it will. And hey, if you find out it won't be, there's ways to keep them from changing.

[perfectteatime]

... what?

[shiro2hero]

[ ... Oops.]

Uh. Which part?

[perfectteatime]

The whole. First half.

[shiro2hero]

Oh.

Oh boy. Um.

Okay - space. Planets and stars. Does that ring a bell at all or...?

[perfectteatime]

Planets and stars... yes.

[shiro2hero]

Great! Okay.

Space is what we call where planets and stars are, well, located, for lack of a better word. If you go high enough, you'll leave the planet you live on, and enter space.

In my world, we had the capability to go up there.

[perfectteatime]

Really? What's it like? What are stars made of? Do you get to touch them? Or the moon? What is the moon like?

[shiro2hero]

[Oh that's kind of adorable - ]

It's - there's nothing like it. Nothing in the world. It's weightless, infinite... I miss it a lot, actually.

But stars - stars are actually suns. They're enormous, these massive balls of fire out there in the middle of nothing, making constellations. And ah. Well. The moon's really kind of a rock.

Great craters though.

[perfectteatime]

Incredible... I never would have imagined. So the sun is a star? And you just float around? How big are the stars exactly? They're balls of fire but who keeps them lit? Or is it magic? Why does the sun go down? Do other people live out there? What are they like, have you met them?

If the moon is just a rock why does it glow?

[shiro2hero]

Most stars that we see are hundreds and thousands of times bigger than... say, a planet like this one. They're so massive, they pull in smaller objects. Most of the time, planets that get pulled in start to orbit - [He shrugs his Incineroar off enough to make a motion with his hands. One circling the other.] - and gives us years.

As... far as why they stay burning... [How the heck do you explain solar nuclear fusion.] ... they're made of elements that - essentially cause a cycle of burning and refueling. They do eventually burn out, but it can take millions of years.

[Nailed it??]

Suns rise and set because of planets rotating. [More hand motions.] Everything in space is spinning, to an extent. Things like planets are too large for us to really notice the rotation. You'd feel it on a smaller asteroid, or ship, but not a planet. So when they turn, we see the sun moving across the sky.

A lot of people live out there. One of my best friends does, actually. She's here if you ever want to meet her.

[Oh he is living, bless you Byleth.]

The moon glows with reflected sunlight. It doesn't have any air, like our planets do, so there's nothing to dim or block the light when it hits. We're seeing it reflect like a big rocky mirror.

[perfectteatime]

So like... when you put a heavy book on a bed, and anything close to it rolls towards it? Will we fall into the star eventually?

Millions? I can't even fathom that length of time. Wait- If the planet spins too fast will we all fly off?

Yes. I would love to meet her.

This is so much... I need. I need to lay down...

[shiro2hero]

That's gravity, yes. But - no, don't worry about that. Everything balances out. The planet's in no danger of falling out of orbit. That only happens in fiction.

[Or to asteroids.]

And, no, planets... they can't spin that fast. It's just not physically possible, they're too large.

Oh! Sorry, I - I get excited about this. We can stop there if you need to.

[perfectteatime]

No... no I- I want to know. This is important, I should know. Everyone should know. I need to take notes, though.

Are there books on this? There has to be. Do you mind teaching me more?