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[Video feed turns on, showing a Pachirisu sitting on a bench. The Bellsprout tower can be seen in the background]

Hello everyone~! This is the newest member of my team, Ritsuko! Can you believe he's trying to learn how to dance? It's sooooo cute~!

[The Gear is panned over to several other Pokémon. An Eevee, Hoothoot, Flabébé, Espurr, and a Cleffa are playing around.]

Everyone here knows Himiko, of course! My Hoothoot is Fukuro, Sakuya is my Flabébé, Nanko is my Espurr's name, and Momomi is a Cleffa I got from a girl named Mimi! Momomi is adorable! She's attached to Sakuya, so she must love flowers.

[The Gear is turned now to Rise, who is pouting.]

I wanna get to Goldenrod as soon as possible. I've been here in Violet for a week now, and I need help! I don't want to travel all that way alone... Can someone help a girl out?

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Rise turns the PokéGear off with a sigh. She has not found anyone yet whom she could ask to travel with, so she's feeling rather down. Smiling on camera was easy. Keeping that smile after the cameras are off isn't as easy. Her Pokémon enjoyed the warm day immensely. Himiko kept playing tag with Nanako, Fukuro just let himself be resigned to his fate of horrible balance by just laying there on the ground and sleeping. Momomi and Sakuya are just happy to be exploring various little patches of grass in search of flowers.

It was a rather peaceful seen. Rise sits on the bench beside Ritsuko and grumbles. "I'm always tired now. Why can't there be cars or trains that take me everywhere. My feet hurt! It's not fair!" She looks visibly upset. "If the others were here, at least I'd have someone to travel with!"

Help an upset girl?

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I'm sure you will. You seem like the kind to do that.

[And actually she reminds him of Mai, but... yeah.]

Stealing a Pokémon is like stealing a family member from someone! There's no excuse for that!

Is it? How long have you known them?

Doesn't matter how long I've known them! They're always with me. We've traveled together, shared meals, done things like discover new areas, battled... even the ones I've only had for a few days make me happy, and they let me know they're happy in their own way.

[She hugs Ritsuko close, who gives his trainer a loving nuzzle.]

I love them like family, and I let them know that every day.

[A troubled expression flashes across his face for a moment, before it's gone.]

... I guess if that's the way you feel, there's no way to change it, is there?

Nope! I know other people feel that way, too!

... I know, but they're not really the same thing...

Huh? What do you mean?

They're not really family. They can be partners, but they're not... the same thing.

Oh? Then what about friends and pets? People can call those family if they're close, but you can't call Pokémon family? If you're close to something, it doesn't matter what species it is! My Pokémon are my family here. And they're smart, too, so don't tell me they're too dumb!

Family's not something that you can change that easily. Family is obligation, bound by blood. Friends, yes, can be changed... but not family.

You can have family related by blood, and you can have the family you pick for yourself! I'll always be related to my family, I know that. But my friends are my family, too. We might not be related by blood, but we went through a lot, and we'll always be there for each other. I feel the same about my Pokémon~!

... You can't always count on friends. Sometimes they turn on you.

I know that can happen. But I have faith in them that they won't.

[And there's that feeling again. Why won't it just go away?]

... It's nice that you have ones you can still believe in.

[Maybe he should just hang up...]

[Now she looks worried.]

Don't you have any friends here?

... Sort of.

[Wrath kind of counts, but not really. And Tsukiyama is... complicated, and he can't exactly call him a friend yet.]

[She claps her hands together and Ritsuko copies her.]

We can be friends!

[... Huhwha-]

I don't even really know you.

Isn't that how all friendships start? Besides, our Pachirisu want to dance together!

[Um.]

... I guess...

[She tilts her head.]

If you don't want to, yo can just say no. But you are the one who started talking to me first!

... Oh.

[... He did, didn't he?]

I... I guess?

Ah! I never introduced myself!

[Have a bright idol smile!]

I'm Rise Kujikawa~!

[He just smiles a little sheepishly in return.]

You can just call me Micchy. That's what a lot of people at home did.

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