[his instinct is to reach out to him-- but, ah, he knows by now that his gut isn't always right when it comes to guzma. figures any contact right now would be knocked off, maybe make him lash out in anger if he thinks he's being pitied. sometimes he wonders if this is how shelly felt with him after the whole kyogre mess...]
We're friends, aren't we? [he says first off-- a relatively safe answer. it feels like a silent, unasked follow up is why are you still here, which... maybe he wouldn't be, if he didn't have guzma or if by some miracle guzma was able to deal with the loss in a healthy way.
jill would've kicked his ass if he had run away like he'd vaguely mentioned after that ergogan thing. he figures, even if she's not here, the response would be the same with this.] So, it hurts to see you hurt.
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We're friends, aren't we? [he says first off-- a relatively safe answer. it feels like a silent, unasked follow up is why are you still here, which... maybe he wouldn't be, if he didn't have guzma or if by some miracle guzma was able to deal with the loss in a healthy way.
jill would've kicked his ass if he had run away like he'd vaguely mentioned after that ergogan thing. he figures, even if she's not here, the response would be the same with this.] So, it hurts to see you hurt.
[he sighs, looking down at the floor.]
'Specially when I get why.