she’d meant immediately after the war, specifically, as opposed to recently. but his wording seemed to reveal something else she hadn’t known. at least, she didn’t remember hearing or reading about it.

after a couple of paces, she asked, ”the megalopolans were here before the war, then?”

or had they met them in ultra space? megalopolis. if so, she wondered, what had it been like? did fernando know, himself?

FERNANDO SILPH

his frown was joined by her own.

”then isn’t it perhaps safe to assume that traversal through ultra space leaves us vulnerable to another invasion, should someone else take notice?”

if all it took was one pokémon loose on the multiversal highway invaders to trace back, wasn’t sending anyone else through a bad idea?

”what if the resources that make hoenn so attractive call to others, as well?”

and on that note, what about sea!hoenn? had they taken note of hoenn’s profound fortune?

FERNANDO SILPH

her eyes briefly peeked up at him from the side, as though keenly poised to try and poke a hole in any implication of security. such dissatisfaction went unvoiced, however. she didn’t know enough about solgaleo, or exactly what special powers had enabled it to open the gates for such an invasion.

”then it’s good to know that solgaleo is in better custody now.”

hopefully it would remain that way, and there were not similar liabilities out there to worry about.

FERNANDO SILPH

from that, it was easy enough to gather the potentialities of their situation.

”so a key to reaching hoenn is still out there.” which was, actually, perhaps the reason if any that she could see to return to ultra space. hopefully, such a tool would remain in possession of a dominable force.

”have there been any attempts for its retrieval?”

FERNANDO SILPH

and so, they’d come full circle.

”right.” he hadn’t answered her question, but she abandoned it as they quickly approached their destination. assuming that they were sure ultra space was unreachable, she supposed it could be assumed that attempts to reach ultra space had occurred, perhaps even on a regular basis. whether they had been in pursuit of solgaleo specifically would remain a mystery.

the building was just ahead, their brisk walk nearing its end. it had still revealed a little more. not only was ultra space not safe—obviously—but getting there would use up extensive resources. furthermore, fernando seemed decisively against it for multiple reasons.

quite a significant thing for hoenn’s council to not meet eye to eye on. troubling that meetings were being held without full transparency.

the plot thickened.

FERNANDO SILPH