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17th moon [video action]

[The feed first shows a messy room, where a disheveled white-haired man sits at a table and writes furiously. He is surrounded by trinkets of all sorts and books on various subjects, and he does not appear to realize that someone is using his Pokégear.

The camera then turns toward the ground, where a Bayleef is delicately placing a Fire Stone. The Pokégear is placed in front of it, and a Clefairy looks at it for a few seconds before nodding at an unseen Pokémon. Said Pokémon enters the picture, looking at the Fire Stone for a few seconds before touching it. It makes him glow brightly.]

What the- Flare?

[But by the time Cecil turns around and comes closer, Flare the Growlithe is no more. Instead, Flare the Arcanine stands proudly, dwarfing the rest of the Pokémon in the room. He howls once, twice, before walking up to his trainer and licking his face gently.]

...Thank you...

[The feed times out a few minutes later.]

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Exactly. The whole thing was rather complicated, and to be honest I somehow managed to completely forget about it before I came here. ...As a matter of fact, I still have trouble recalling some of the details.

Maybe the gods made you forget? Perhaps there were things that were done or seen that mortals are not supposed to know.

That's possible. In fact, that would explain a lot... I did think... [But he trails off, deep in thought.]

It's presumptuous to judge God, but sometimes I really do wonder if He knows what's best for us...

[Absentmindedly:] It must depend on the god and on the world you come from, but still... Why make us forget allies, enemies, and even powers we obtained?

We are often at the mercy of God, but whether or not He's merciful is another thing altogether. We're made in His design, but we're still pawns.

Cosmos was merciful, at least. She willingly let herself be killed, to give us a chance to win and return home.

She died? Gods can die?

They certainly can. But I do not know if they stay dead. We did restore her realm, after all.

You restored Heaven? Why would God want you forget that?

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I don't think it was heaven. The sky was too gray. [His logic does not always have to make sense.] But everyone acted strangely during the Conflict. It's obvious there were details we were never told.

You were not completely informed, and you were made to forget further details after you fought. I don't mean to be rude, but that sounds awfully like someone is deliberately trying to hide something from you.

It did. But when the opposite side openly declares its intention to destroy worlds, you fight without caring about the details much.

True. Hindsight is 20/20 concerning dire situations.

A real war of the worlds...

The whole event was rather nerve-wracking. But I met many friends there, and most of them found themselves here at some point.

Do your friends all remember the conflict or are some of them from before it?

There was a Cloud who did not remember, once. But otherwise, everyone remembers; even Cloud did, when he returned.

A... cloud?

His name is Cloud?

We had a Cloud, a Squall and a Tidus. They matched, at least. We had a Terra, too.

You're very lucky in the naming department, I'm guessing.

I was named after my mother. It would be difficult to be more lucky. But at least they knew their names. Two of our friends did not remember theirs.

I didn't have a human name for a long time; no one thought I needed one, and it didn't occur to me to name myself. My first king gave me his, when he passed.

You were named after someone important to you, then. But those two do not remember their loved ones. They have no names to take, and we have no names to give them; only nicknames, at best.

No memories of loved ones at all...

That's really sad.

It is. That's why we did our best to give them good memories with friends, at least.

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