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Tristen sweatdropped then looked back towards me. Well. It would be just a little one. "......." He rolled off the couch then made the long way around the couch, if just to stay hidden. He then crept down the side of the couch then made his way slowly towards me. Then a thought occurred to him. He slipped off his slippers, having his bare paw like feet touch the floor, making a virtually noiseless step.



After giving it a bit of thought, I gave a deep sigh and went on to the more serious part of the letter...

Well, in other news, since you saw my letter to Miles, it would be safe to assume you saw my news about Ein as well. Well, remember when I said that the next time we saw him, he probably wasn't going to see the next day? That pretty much came to pass. But what was more astounding...we weren't the ones that put a end to that psycho.

It would go without saying that I had my sights set out on this guy for some time. You know this, your father does as well. And, in essence, I guess you could say that I was looking for an excuse to take him off this earth. We raided his place in the Orre Region, as you'd probably expect, since I'd know where it was at, and after one hard fight after the next, we literally had him backed into a corner, unable to go anywhere, because I blasted his hand with a Ice Beam, literally mounting him in a corner. He was dead to rights and I was about to finish the guy off.

Though when he was right there in that corner, Mikey, the Pokemon that he had experimented with started to come into the area and surround all of us. But they weren't going to go after me or the party. I could hear them, Mikey. Cries of pain. Cries of spite towards the one who gave them that cruel fate. I want to believe that perhaps I figured out why, all this time, Miles never could bring himself to deliver swift justice himself despite what he has done to Pokemon in general, or even what he has done to you, Mikey, and it would because of which, I didn't either, despite Ein being no more than a foot in front of me, helpless. I left Ein that night; I didn't kill him, but I wasn't going to save him. Last words I heard from him was the Pokemon having their way with him. It couldn't have been pretty.

I leaned on the table just for a moment, thinking, setting my pen down upon the paper, and recalling that night. I still can't get over it really.

As I contemplated...Tristen crept closer...

As I noticed that I filled a page already with my letter to Mikey, I switched to a clean sheet, picked up my pen and went to start again, thinking for a moment once more. Tristen continued to creep ever so closer to me and made it within less than arms reach, seemingly undetected. He then reached up, slowly. He really was about to do it!

In a snap, I quickly turned in my seat, staring Tristen dead in the eyes. "RAAAAAAH!" I shouted immediately after.

"YAAA!" Tristen shouted out of shock, discharging a lot of electricity from the scare. No bolts would really hit anything, but he would find himself stumbling back a bit.

"Ha! Thought you was going to get me, huh?"

"But-"

"You forget." I said, tapping my head. Instincts. Love them when they work. I then looked over towards Tails. "Are you two that bored?" I asked.

"Alright, alright. I'll try to figure up something for you two. Just let me finish this letter, alright? I'm just about don-OH! Before I forget. A couple of things." I said, leaning on the table. "Hey Tails, while it's on my mind, that letter I got back? Mikey says Hi." I said. "Also, hey Tristen?"

"Huh?" He said, managing to get his wits back.

"Remember the kids that you were with back in the tribe?" I asked.

"Uh-huh?"

"Well, just so you know, most of them was able to get back to their homes. One of them, though, still couldn't find their parents, but still, that one found a home as well with another family and they all are doing well." I said. "With that in mind, I was told that Swain is extending that same offer to you, Tristen. If you want, Swain can find you a family that you can stay with."

Tristen was silent for a good moment. He looked over towards Tails then back at me, shaking his head. "I wanna stay here." He said. "I think I already found a family." He said.

"I figured you would say that." I said.

Tristen and I looked over towards Tails. Tristen found it creepy in a whole other, more innocent manner, than how I found it. "Uhhhh..." We both spoke up.

"Yeeeeeeah, anyways. I'll be done here in a few, alright?"

"Ok, Blizz." Tristen said, walking back off towards Tails.

"Alright, yea, sure." I said back to him. I turned around and looked back at my paper. With a deep content sigh, I went back to start finishing the letter.

It seems however, despite Ein being gone, this fight is far from over. Ein may have been a small part in a whole bigger ploy, one that Sub is trying to disassemble, but not having much luck in the sense of figuring out what in the world this Cipher bunch wants. Everything seems so random apart from trying to grab Legendary Pokemon such as the Regi trio. Granted, we may have shook things up a bit, because the Cipher's here recently tried to do some clean-up work, probably to salvage whatever plans we wrecked of Ein's, namely the Pokemon he experimented on. I planned on staying with the bunch to be sure that things are for certain settled before I decide to go back to Mahogany Town and go back to life as normal.

Apart from that, I guess I don't have too much more to say, now. If anything, while I wait on to go on the next mission that Sub plans on putting up before everyone here, I guess I best help Jules teach Tristen. To say the least, Jules didn't exactly leave me confident. When we went to go pick him and Klonoa up here the other day, I made the mention about Chi in general and what not. Not really going into all grand of detail since I assumed that Jules knew what I was talking about. I assumed wrong. In fact, to basically make a fair comparison, he is basically like me before I met you and your father. Chi was probably something made up, and using things like Ice Beam was just a matter of energy use and so on, let alone manipulation of it is a whole other matter in itself, which you and I know now that isn't true. The mere mention of Chi was all greek to Jules, so I may have my work cut out for me if Tristen wants to get the full extent of what he can do. Such a thing also left Jules skeptic, just as I was at one time. I could tell that it was hard for him to believe that if he got in a fight with Klonoa for instance, Jules may be kissing the ground in a mere moment. Anyways, hopefully teaching Tristen will go swimmingly.

And before I decide to finish this letter off, Tails says Hi as well, and that you don't have to worry about him being too lonely. I guess he has Tristen to thank for that. That is to say however, he misses you quite a bit, to say the least. Perhaps we should see each other again sometime soon. Who knows. Anyways, if there is any trouble in your neck of the woods, just let me know, and I'll come running. I'll be more than happy to help, but please don't hesitate, ok?

Sincerely,
Blizzard

I finished off my coke then stretched out my arms and wings. I was finally done. I rolled up the letter then stashed it in Articuno's canister for him to take. I'll send it off later.

Veronica stepped in after some more sightseeing and lurked around for more entertainment. She heard Sub talking to himself and approached quietly, then poked him. "What's got you so worried?"

"I get the feelign this group has good intentions. They're just -way- too overzealous about it. Especially after that crap they pulled with the escort job." Lykas voiced as he walked into the room, his nose buried in a handhed game system. The sound wasn't turned off, since he'd been alone while playing until now, and the musice pouring out seemed to be some sort of nightmarish fantasy theme.

Veronica nodded at Lykas, thinking through the simple reasons of their actions. She noticed Sub's tone, guessing he had some more personal experience about the whole ordeal... I guess it's understandable... "Where's this Albedo person now?"