Gladion looks up after that, with a too-firm expression. The resolve in it isn't quite genuine, but there's a current of energy behind it that is; he's heartened enough to pretend he's prepared for this, if not to actually be prepared.
Rindo looks a little less like a Pokemon that Gladion wouldn't consider letting onto the field. A little more like what he imagined Null would look like under the helmet when it all came down to one final, do-or-die showdown, back when he told himself those stories. Out here in reality, instead of being vindicating, it just kind of hurts to see.
Gladion nods once more.]
Okay. [Steps away from the wall, and towards the corner of the house.] I'll be right back.
[And around it. After a few seconds, the sound of the back door sliding open and then closed follows him.
Silvally heaves a long sigh and stands up again, moving around Rindo and ducking its head to peer at him on eye level. Its face is pretty close to him.]
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Gladion looks up after that, with a too-firm expression. The resolve in it isn't quite genuine, but there's a current of energy behind it that is; he's heartened enough to pretend he's prepared for this, if not to actually be prepared.
Rindo looks a little less like a Pokemon that Gladion wouldn't consider letting onto the field. A little more like what he imagined Null would look like under the helmet when it all came down to one final, do-or-die showdown, back when he told himself those stories. Out here in reality, instead of being vindicating, it just kind of hurts to see.
Gladion nods once more.]
Okay. [Steps away from the wall, and towards the corner of the house.] I'll be right back.
[And around it. After a few seconds, the sound of the back door sliding open and then closed follows him.
Silvally heaves a long sigh and stands up again, moving around Rindo and ducking its head to peer at him on eye level. Its face is pretty close to him.]