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Tristen dipped his foot once more and he kept it in for a bit. "This one is real good." He said. "Come on. Lets get in!" he said.

"Well, this is the same spot," Tails said. He let Tristen go and though it got warmer, it wasn't burning. This was to prove that even separated, Tails had learned to siphon heat. "Did you notice what I'm doing?"

"Well, I wouldn't let you go, but yeah," Tails answered. "Once I can jump into a lava stream with a Rattata and it doesn't burn to death, it means I can keep you save as well."

As he talked, he stripped his clothes, tossing them onto a jagged rock near the cavern wall. "Just be careful not to sleep here. I think your temperature would get too high and you'd get sick."

Tails, meanwhile, lay down in the shallow, watching Tristen. As long as he didn't go under, the situation was okay. "If you get too hot, just tell me. And then be sure to tell me when you get too cold. I think one time I took a little too much fire from Blizz once..."

"He's still human," Tails reminded. "And so are you. With no fire at all, you'll get really, really cold and unenergetic unless you're an elemental or something. But I gave it back. It's what I'm doing to you right now."

I finally made it back to the headquarters with Ein's Briefcase in hand. I'd figure it might be good to look through later. See what Ein was trying to get out of the building so quickly. Though in all honesty, it didn't interest me right now. I set it where Sub could find it later for him to look through, since he would ultimately be looking at it, and made my way into the kitchen. I sat down at a chair at the table and leaned my head over upon it. This entire time I was wanting to exact vengance upon Ein for those moral and physical crimes he's committed...but in the end, I couldn't do it. I wanted to do it...blast it, I been around Miles far too long. Though really? It may not have been all that bad of a thing.

That miles-esque brand clarity that I had for that one moment made me sick to my stomach just about. I knew he was thinking on the Pokemon's well being and all but I didn't look at it from Miles point of view and it took that brief instance, when victory was all ours, to make me realize just what exactly Miles had meant this entire time, which in essence, even when Ein had taken Miles's own son and had him converted, that he couldn't bring himself to do. And what was the more gut-wrenching was the fact that prior to me leaving Ein to the altered Pokemon's devices, I ended up killing one of those Pokemon, namely a Pokemon who was changed in a similar fashion to Tails was, just to save myself and another person. In silence, I kind of mourned that Pokemon.

"Son of a..." I rested my head on the table...just waiting for the peace of acceptance to come around. It wasn't going to be easy, despite it being all over now.

I picked my head up and looked over towards him. I saved his life. Probably so. It was only one of the few things that I am able to take solace in right at the moment. Before I was able to say "No problem" or anything to that regard, he left. "...." Probably just as well. The guy seemed shy as all get out. Today has been hard on everyone in their own way. I best leave the guy to his peace, I guess.

"Blizz taught me a lot of what I first learned," Tails said. "Using attacks, learning to resist. Stuff normal hybrids should know. Miles taught me about the trigrams. And how to read."

There was a shaking beneath the water. Tails opened one eye, but he assumed a small portion of rock had collapsed deep beneath him. It was a common enough occurrence, to his experience.