33rd moon [video/action]

[paladinlost]

[Today, Cecil is posting from the street right in front of the Olivine Gym. Flare is sitting beside him, looking tired but happy.]

Rosa, Rydia, are you both still well? Flare needs to rest first, but we'll soon be able to come find you. We'll not be long, I promise.

[Now that the most important thing he had to say is out of the way, he has a question for everyone else.]

Could anyone tell me more about the Mahogany and Blackthorn Gyms, along with the roads that lead to them? With the end of the road so close, it'd be a shame to stop now.

[Flare barks quickly in agreement, and Cecil ends the message.]

Comments

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[paladinlost]

Indeed. They grow up fast enough as it is, truly.

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[reveiller]

And later on in life, they scrabble to reclaim that childhood. It seems a little counterproductive, really.

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[paladinlost]

We always seem to want the wrong thing at the wrong moment in our life, really.

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[reveiller]

Isn't that the root of our discontent? Which is why society progresses at all, really.

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[paladinlost]

Would that not make dreams a sign of discontentment?

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[reveiller]

Think of it this way-- would we have dreams if we were content?

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[paladinlost]

Of course. We could still dream of passing our contentment on.

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[reveiller]

I think people have already invented another word for that-- 'nightmare'.

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[paladinlost]

That seems rather harmless, as far as potential nightmares go.

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[reveiller]

Oh, I don't know. Whether it's monsters or death-- Having happiness and watching it pass away... isn't that the root of all terrible nightmares?

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[paladinlost]

...Not even having to chance to feel unhappiness after would be even worse, I think.

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[reveiller]

If you look at it that way, maybe feeling unhappiness is a blessing.

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[paladinlost]

It's much better than not having the chance to feel anything at all, at least.

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[reveiller]

Like they say, there are always worse things to look forward to.

But really, if it's inevitable anyway, being pessimistic about it won't do much good, I'd think.

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[paladinlost]

Unless someting particularly terrible happens, I've no reason to feel pessimistic. Spirits can still watch over the living, in my world.

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[reveiller]

[ah. a chuckle.] I wonder if it could be the same, in mine.

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[paladinlost]

I'm afraid most people do not have the chance to find out. Only the most powerful of spirits can allow themselves to be seen.

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[reveiller]

It's still terribly reassuring, just having something like that act as a guarantee.

I wonder what it's like, being a spirit.

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[paladinlost]

It must be frustrating, watching and watching with no chance to help your loved ones.

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[reveiller]

And reassuring, in the way that you are still able to share in their happiness.

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[paladinlost]

Hopefully they prefer watching our happiness to watching our troubles, even if some find peace boring.

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[reveiller]

As long as peace isn't stagnation. The ones left behind will just have to lead exciting but peaceful lives for the sake of those watching.

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[paladinlost]

Peace is a time we must use to make the world better. I'd not call that stagnating.

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[reveiller]

That's a fine way to think of things. Is that what you do?

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[paladinlost]

To the best of my ability. Well, to the best of the kingdom's ability, really.