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[cyan_maid]

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[Audio]

[schachmeister]

All right. Thank you.

I will say I haven't... I haven't told Kazuki about this yet. I don't want to give him false hope in case the lead doesn't pan out. Do you think I should?

[He values Jane's judgement here.

and also, his inbox works fine.]

[Audio]

[cyan_maid]

That depends on how you think he'd take the news. Would he try to save his Pokemon on his own? Put out a more public notice and put the kidnappers on alert? I don't want to say you shouldn't tell him, but...just try to consider his reaction before you decide.

[Audio]

[schachmeister]

Before all of this, I would've said he absolutely would not go and confront them. That's not-- he's not from a world where it's normal to fight, thankfully, so he has never had to. It's not in his nature.

But before all of this, I also would have said it's not in his nature to not be positive and he's definitely been struggling with that since getting attacked. Which is understandable -- there is not a person in the world that wouldn't be changed by something like this, especially not someone as empathic as him, but it does make me worry I can't predict his actions as clearly as I could before.

[Audio]

[cyan_maid]

Hm...then I think...maybe we ought to wait. If he's not used to confrontation, then I wouldn't want him to hurt himself doing anything rash.

[Audio]

[schachmeister]

You're right. I wouldn't want to give him false hope either. That just might be more painful in the end.

[Audio]

[cyan_maid]

I'll do my damnedest to make it not-worse, but it is better to be cautious in that regard, you're right.

[Audio]

[schachmeister]

I know you'll do the best that you can. That's why I came to you, after all.