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Cass' paranoid and weary expression lights up a bit as she sees Andrea with her Fuecoco in a matching onesie. However, the adorable of the situation is also weakened by the exhausted expression on the other's face, something that Cass surely knows is also visible on her own. She smiles wearily, "Been some weird days. Ran from home after Petalburg got invaded, long story short," she replies as nonchalantly as possible, "Think we both had some better days ..."

Misuk by her side greets the Fuecoco, with a little nod which essentially means flying up and down for them. "Can I come in-? That onesie is very cute, though, by the way."

Andrea Vaneau

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The heartwarming concern is met with a troubled expression as Cass thinks back on just how fine her family is. At least Chrys shouldn't be one to suffer from it all ... she hopes. It's ... there's things she might need to consider at some point. "Y-yeah, they're alright, don't worry! It's something else why I'm elsewhere right now," she replies, trying to not sound like she's avoiding something.

She fully immerses herself in Andrea's hospitality then, smiling as the other cheered up when she invited Cass in. "Don't mind if I do ... oh, those costumes are super cute," Cass' eye is immediately caught onto the photos with the pokémon costumes ... and family. Oh boi.

Her mind latches onto the topic of the sygna suit, turning back to look at the Fuecoco onesie/sygna suit. "Oooooohhhhhhhhhh!! That's so cute and cool! I think I saw your Hydreigon one before, too, when I, uh. Fell into that Power Spot."

Andrea Vaneau

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"Old habits die hard, hmm?" Cass grins lopsidedly as she looks at Andrea now, wearing a pokémon costume as well ... but this time, it's actually also quite a powerful thing. She does catch the wistfulness on her friend's face as she looks at the image, and with the remark ... she wonders if something might've happened in the last few days, something she isn't ready to ask just yet.

Instead, she sits down in the living room, comfortable and momentarily forgetting that she's in war times, just for this moment before she'd go and talk about what has transpired in Petalburg ... and if Andrea might know something about it. "Something to drink would be nice, just water or maybe tea ... and I wouldn't mind a snack. I'm with a friend out in the wilderness right now, and it's lovely considering everything, but I do sometimes miss an artificial flavour," she laughs to lighten the mood, ignore the fact that she's that much on the run from her mom that she couldn't stay with Thea or Vess, or she'd be found in no time. It feels a bit odd to be without contact after (almost eighteen) seventeen years of seeing each other (almost) daily.

Andrea Vaneau

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Cass blinks at Andrea's words, before laughing more than she's had during the last days. Being in the company of a friend truly works wonders, and she feels herself relaxing more and more despite the direness of it all. "It's actually not half-bad. My friend has built up a whole house, frankly, in a way, with the caves and tunnels ... it's honestly a childhood dream come true," she explains more, "even if I gotta say, the comfort of a city is hard to beat." It's simply more convenient, even if she could recharge her phone with her pokémon, figuring this out has been an ordeal. Gladly, her phone's not made of emerald or some other precious stone ... and actually survived, somehow.

"It's actually also in Meteor Falls, but not a guy," she adds, chuckling as there's quite some people there, apparently. "Can't say I've met such a person ... my friend has a lot of pokémon to keep watch, too, so it's pretty safe." And her own are thrown into the mix as well, now, too.

She's still a bit surprised by Andrea's earnestness of becoming a pokémon, but grins and nods, "I mean, there are pokémon that live with us in cities, too, so ... but maybe we should go camping together, once. Well, once," she says, her smile turning slightly sorrowful again as she thinks about the war that has just, finally one could say, broken out. At once, all tension seems to be released and multiplied.

Andrea Vaneau

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Cass grins weakly at Andrea's comparison, laughing, "I miss having missed the time of them ... I couldn't really play around unfortunately, had to do school stuff and all." But a secret base, in general ... it definitely sounds nice. However, with it also comes the image of a burning forest - a group of her pokémon used to have one, but now ... it's gone, as Effie has confirmed. She still hasn't brought herself to tell the affected pokémon, however, who still eagerly wait for the day it might be safe enough again to approach ...

... but there's other sorrows, too, as Andrea asks. Cass shakes her head, but the troubles do not leave her expression, and she eventually sighs. "I'm just ... the ongoing war, and ... and beyond that even." She takes a moment to look up at her friend, and then cautiously around the house. "Have you ... have you been around Petalburg during the first battle? And have you ... ... I saw that damn monkey again," she hisses through gritted teeth, fear and anger intertwining.

Andrea Vaneau

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"Fuck," Cass swears as she hears Andrea's confirmation. "Are the ... are the other wardens also ...?" Probably, right? She can't imagine it's only that damn monkey. A deep breath that shakes her whole body as she tries not to ... however, looking at Andrea as she speaks, her expression turns a bit surprised, even if ...

That's words that she's said so many times before, too, even as she's holding back tears.

A faint smile flickers on her face, before she turns to sobbing within seconds as well, moving closer to Andrea to hug the older one as she lets tears flow freely.

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