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Kaname sighed out of relief, his Swalot had successfully used Helping Hand and empowered the Lapras G-Max Resonance enough to bombard the enemy army into stopping. The masked scientist does speak to
Julia Davis , he just quietly slips away from the stunned woman. There was nothing to say, no reason to calm her; he had done all he needed to. It would be better to retreat and regroup. [break][break]
Within the first week, a messenger from another city arrives. He takes the opportunity to send with them a quickly scrawled letter back to one
Alba Evovae . To know that his friend had thought of him warmed his heart. [break][break]
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One Month [break][break]
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The first month in Hammerlocke is hard. This is a sense of homesickness, a sadness pervading his heart for the life he no longer has. So he does what any sane workaholic does, and throws himself into a job. He finds and eventually becomes the apprentice of an older woman, a physician and apothecary. Kaname’s understanding of modern biology and anatomy are a boon here, and spends as much time as possible with Marie learning the art of physic and the proper way to make medicine; when he isn’t out collecting herbs for her. [break][break]
He spends much of his free time thinking about his friends and the people he cares about.
Alba Evovae ,
Kouji Matsubara , others… he wonders how they are adjusting to their new lives. He continues to send letters back and forth with his… with his companion. Even going as far as calling him “dearest” in one. Things are changing, perhaps for the better. [break][break]
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One Year [break][break]
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It is a long year for Kaname Fujihara. His training with Marie is finally complete and he can call himself a physician now, but it does not prepare him for the inevitable struggles of being one of a handful of healers in the city. Illness and broken bodies are not always able to be healed, there are wounds that not even Heal Pulse can mend. [break][break]
But he sees them all. Treating what and who he can with what he has. Heal Pulse and Life Dew compliment the poultices and drugs he spends his time making. He eventually goes on to open a small infirmary, inviting
El Sunderland to join him in a more permanent role as a fellow healer. Regardless of their decision, Kaname, and his teacher Marie, establish the Hammerlocke Hospital, a rudimentary place to receive treatment and medications and run it out of the old Pokémon center. [break][break]
In his free time, Kaname also attempts to research the poisonous sludge with what medieval equipment is available to him. It is not easy, but he does his best. [break][break]
He continues to write and receive letters, storing them away like treasures. Each one is something to protect and cherish. [break][break]
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Five Years [break][break]
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Five years pass, along with Marie. Her passing is not sudden or unexpected, she faded away slowly. It still hurts Kaname, but he has to carry on. If not for his sake, then for hers. He takes over the administration of the Hammerlocke Hospital and takes on a few apprentices of his own. He teaches them and trains them the way Marie trained him. He watches them grow over the five years and eventually step into self-sufficient roles as herbalists and physicians in their own right. [break][break]
The fighting never stops, of course. However, they make do and tend to the wounded alongside
El Sunderland as much as they can. [break][break]
Kaname spends more time running the hospital and testing out theories on the toxic sludge. He desperately works toward an antidote. Some anodyne or poultice to extract the devilish venom from the afflicted and ease their suffering. [break][break]
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Ten Years [break][break]
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Ten long years pass. A decade of service to the community of Hammerlocke and Kaname still never feels closer to figuring out the nature of the poison, but he doesn’t relent. He continues to try and develop treatment after treatment, cure after cure. [break][break]
At least until the Necrozma came. Hell breaks loose; the resulting assault leaves Hammerlocke with mass casualties and even more injured. He and his small team of physicians and Pokémon do the best to tend to the wounded. Kaname shoulders the pain of every lost soul, each one feels like a failure on his part. Eventually, they go from treating the injured to digging mass graves. [break][break]
He will never forgive himself, but he knows he did what he could. This was ultimately unavoidable. He works to strengthen and expand the hospital and train more people in first aid. He vows to never let something like this happen again. [break][break]
He eventually acquires one of the pieces of strange, black metal. He takes it to the local blacksmith and has it forged into a large handbell and imbued with
LIFE DEW. The Bell of Life Dew becomes his symbol in a way, the sound draws the needy and weak towards its succor. [break][break]
He never stops writing
Alba Evovae , not once in the whole ten years. His dearest is all he has left. [break][break]
