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"i'm sure the league pays her well."[break][break]

he's joking, of course. the league would never allow him to take a stipend for his personal public relations manager. it'd likely bleed them dry.[break][break]

"we were all fighting for our lives so no pictures, sadly, but i'm sure you can imagine it fine."[break][break]

unsurprisingly, that suit didn't come with shoes. interestingly, most of the designs she's prepared for him do.[break][break]

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"what did you think of virizion?"[break][break]

what he really wants to ask is whether she thinks him worthy of the sword of justice.[break][break]

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"oh."[break][break]the aqua meetings she's been to were pretty informal and mundane, so she had imagined him in combat training rather than a full fight for his life. the thought of matias taking a picture in a situation like that conjures hazy memories of mint frost with his phone out, trying to film the cybernetic world they got trapped in. [break][break]other memories flit by as she stares at the screen. her hand flat between his shoulder blades. the selfish impulse to deliver him into the light. mint, gone.[break][break]"hm?" [break][break]it all melts away. [break][break]"virizion?" [break][break]the sword of justice hasn't crossed her mind in a long time. [break][break]"it's a good pokemon."[break][break]his underlying question isn't picked up on.[break][break]"and i think things would be way different if you were its avatar instead."[break][break]groudon represents the person matias is, but virizion is an echo of what he could've been — could become, still, if he fights for it.

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even if his underlying question isn't picked up on, it may soon come to light regardless, dragged to the surface question after question.[break][break]

calling virizion a good pokemon feels a little underwhelming. it is meant to be the very definition of good and right and just; all of the things matias have failed to live up to.[break][break]

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"would i rather?" [break][break]no.[break][break]annalise knows they wouldn't be here if he had been. he would be married, and she would be alone. there's some part of her that can't reconcile with that, even though they've spent much of his avatarship in contention with each other. anxiety knifes through her, twisting in her gut. [break][break]she would be alone.[break][break]but she would also be fucking crazy to say any of this out loud, to put selfish wants above some hypothetical, objective good. groudon has only ever ruined matias' life.[break][break]"i mean — if you were still being an asshole all the time then, yeah, i would rather. but you're pretty normal now, so ... "[break][break]so it doesn't matter. [break][break]"i just don't think virizion would've done what groudon did to you."

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"pretty normal is good."[break][break]

pretty normal should be the baseline except it hasn't been for him, and while it could potentially be attributed to his upbringing, the war, or his tribulations with groudon, the truth of it is he's flippant with his responsibilities, quick to discard relationships in favor of self-preservation.[break][break]

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"i'm not saying i disagree, but what has groudon done to me?"[break][break]

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"it is good," she agrees, mirroring the softness of his tone, but his follow-up question gives her pause. whatever misunderstanding exists between them is rectified by a punitive heel against the floor, nudging the chair away from the desk.[break][break]"um ... "[break][break]annalise stands up, distancing herself from the sanitized answer that's waiting in the back of her throat. she's predictably flighty as the conversation turns vague and unpleasant. [break][break]"mount chimney?"

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"oh right."[break][break]

she means that. for whatever reason, he had been expecting to hear something else; negative changes, certainly, but there have been some positive ones, too.[break][break]

"for what it's worth, groudon isn't all bad, you know. we just knew too little of it—we still know too little, but we're trying."[break][break]

he speaks of we as though he has earned the right to stand alongside the league again. the space between them is apparent, but he tries not to let it affect him.[break][break]

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"i know."
[break][break]groudon isn't all bad. and neither was matias at his worst. her heart can convince her mind of whatever it wants. whatever excuse. whatever justification. he had been controlled by groudon, and groudon had been allowed to act unchecked. but he's different now. [break][break]he's different.[break][break]"i know you are."[break][break]she doesn't sit back down, but she puts her hand on his shoulder, reclaiming some of his personal space as her own. [break][break]"and i think ... i think kyle would be pretty happy about your progress so far, too." [break][break]that he's here at all, entertaining the idea of getting a sygna suit, is a step.

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is he different?[break][break]

his hand finds hers, and for a moment, it's enough to quell his anxieties; not that he has many, of course, for matias silph is fearless.[break][break]

"speaking of kyle, i now know which pokemon to sync with."[break][break]

a part of him has always known. there are very few choices otherwise as he has always treated his pokemon more as tools than as companions; the rare few exceptions do exist, however.[break][break]

"it'll be arcanine."[break][break]

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"really?" [break][break]the question spills out with genuine surprise. arcanine isn't a bad pick as his sync pokemon, but she'd assumed he would pick his charizard. it seemed like a no-brainer, like her picking her altaria.[break][break]"not gonna lie, i thought you'd pick ash, but your arcanine is a cute choice."[break][break]beneath the clasp of his hand, her own squeezes his shoulder gently, encouragingly. [break][break]"you've made designing waaay easier on yourself by picking your pokemon. now you can narrow the search down a ton."[break][break]she nudges against his palm, a wordless command to get back to scrolling.

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"i read the suit isolates the user and the sync pokemon from powers, which is something we both thrive off, so i figured arcanine's a better choice."[break][break]

it'll allow him access to its unique moveset as well whereas with his charizard, the most interesting move he'd get to use would likely be flamethrower. boring.[break][break]

with her encouragement, he returns to browsing, though it does not take long for him to get distracted again.[break][break]

"i also read the suit lets you sync with up to two pokemon, so what's your second choice?"[break][break]

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maybe annalise didn't need to set this all up for him. the more he talks, half-distracted in his browsing, the more he sounds like he's done his independent research on sygna suits already. he did help test them, apparently, but she figured that was the first and last time groudon let him hold an interest in it. [break][break]"you've read a lot, haven't you?" she observes, somewhere between impressed and amused. "i didn't know you were such a nerd."[break][break]the lapse of silence that follows his question betrays her indecision on the matter.[break][break]"i'm not sure yet," she admits, so soon after pestering him to pick his own sync pokemon. "cotton candy was an easy pick, but i don't know ... maybe ... maybe my ceruledge? but i have so many pokemon that i get major decision paralysis every time i think about it."[break][break]a beat later, her brows furrow. why are they talking about her anyways? he should be worried about his sygna suit instead, seeing as he doesn't even have one yet. she takes her hand off his shoulder, but the touch is replaced, briefly, by her finger prodding his cheek. [break][break]"focus."

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he's not a nerd, but where else was there to do under house arrest? he baked, cooked, and even gardened. reading came last on the list, and even then, he managed to work his way down to it.[break][break]

the league's strongest wasting away reading. imagine that.[break][break]

"i'll help you choose if you want. it's not that hard."[break][break]

he doesn't mean to be dismissive but, really, he does not understand the difficulty in choosing. little do they know they'll soon be able to switch their sync pokemon with relative ease.[break][break]

her finger prods into his cheek. he chuckles.[break][break]

"focusing."[break][break]