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.[Hope Estheim - 0.0.3. Video]. What's evolution?!~ (Goldenrod)

[Hope looks stunned.

He's just witnessed his little Surskit who was working so hard at training turn into this weird moth thing. He blinks with a smile on his face before turning the camera to the Masquerain flying around his head.]

I don't really know what happened. One minute we were training and then suddenly he went all white and changed into this thing.

[The Masquerain starts flapping, seemingly annoyed at being called a 'thing'. Hope blinks at him before laughing. That was definitely his Surskit.]

Lightning! Ven! See?

[He grins showing it again.]

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True, but I'm not sure he deserves one. Not after everything he put Serah through.

[And that was just the first time. Fal'Cie...has it really been that long?]

You could knock him over too, you know. With enough practice.

I don't know if I could handle that kind of training ontop of my pokémon training. Absol is in really good shape. And I have a whole new strategy to devise now that Sur- Masquerain is a flying type.

Maybe once they're trained, then. We'll see.

[Reaching out and...yep. Hair fluffles. So dedicated, lil' bro.]

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Sure!

[Hope smiles.]

Absol learned Swords Dance. If he uses that and Pursuit, he really packs a punch.

[He pets the pocket where he keeps his pokéballs.]

[A pensive look overtakes Lightning's face at that, and she tilts her head a bit.]

I'm sure. But can he outlast his opponent to give it that punch? All the strength in the world won't matter if he can't hit his target.

[It's an honest question; she's not trying to belittle his training methods or anything like that. She just wants to be sure he can defend himself if the need arise.]

He's a good shot. Especially with Razor wind. He kind of... does this little huffy thing if he misses. And then he won't stop till he's hit the target at least four times in a row.

[He shakes his head.]

Which is why I train him first. Because he's so stubborn.

[Huffy little thing, huh? That might not end well one day...]

Have you tried to get him to stop doing that? It may get you in trouble soon.

That's when we're doing target practise. In battle he listens.

[Mostly. But Lightning doesn't need to know that.]

[...No, Lightning doesn't need to know that. Yet. But if she finds out the hard way....whoo boy.]

Think he'll keep listening to you?

I think he knows it's in both of our best interests.

If he ever gives you trouble you can't handle, let him know I have a fighting type that can give him a run for his gil.

[She's not saying that because she thinks Hope won't be able to handle what gets thrown at him. She's saying because she wants him to know she's here if he needs anything at all.]

I'll... keep that in mind.

[Hope just... well. That was an odd thing to say. He'll just have to prove that he doesn't need her help. Then maybe he'd be fine!]

[Lightning nods in response, then turns back towards town. Best to just get moving, really.]

Come on. Still want that soda?

Yeah. I think so.

[He smiles petting Masquerain and heading towards the mart.]

[The mart isn't far, and it's actually warmer inside than out despite all the refrigerated coolers. Which is a good thing, all things considered.]

Pick whichever you want. It's on me.

Cherry Cola please.

[He smiles. Yes, it was sugary. But it was his absolute favourite.]

[One Cherry Cola and one Lemonade, then. Lightning may not like all that sugar for him, but...well, he's her lil' bro. Spoiling him is part of the package. That includes buying him sugary sodas sometimes.]

How have you been adjusting to the place?

A new surprise around every corner.

[He smiles at her though.]

But at least here it's not a gunshot, a PsiCom unit or a giant monster.

[A nod; new surprises even after more than a year here. It's been...oddly soothing. At least here the surprises aren't fatal...most of the time.

Oh, but then she chuckles. The lack of gunfire and PsiCom has been good for them, that's for sure.]

Don't rule the giant monsters out just yet. I'm sure we'll run into one eventually.

When Snow comes back and we see him after he's been asleep for ages. Does that count?

[Hope is grinning.]

[If she were the laugh out loud type, Lightning would have burst out laughing at that image. As it is, she takes a sip of her lemonade to avoid showing just how wide her grin really is.]

Considering he probably spent two months lost a cave the first time he was here, I think it does. Besides, he's probably got a reason for never taking that bandanna off.

[She'd swear under oath that he showers with the thing on, and probably wouldn't be lying.]

It's nice.

[He looks away dreamily, then realises that this comic is massively out of context now.]

It's nice to be here I mean. Not having to check behind me all the time. Not having to wait to hear the Psicom machines attacking. Only having to worry about the pokémon. And having pets with special powers is kinda cool too.

[Lightning nods at that; she's still haunted by memories of the Cie'th, but they're fading faster and faster now. This place...it's changed them. For the better, she's sure.]

Yeah. I know what you mean. It's a nice break, for a while.

[A sigh, and she looks skyward. A break, a vacation, a respite...a sanctuary she hopes they never leave. Can it really become home?]

[Yes. Because home is where the heart is.]

I'd be happy to stay here. No fighting... No uncertainty to whether people will be able to rebuild on Pulse.

[All the worries a 14 year old kid shouldn't have to worry about.]

[And their hearts are here. That much is for certain.]

Right. The list of reasons to stay here is definitely a lot longer than the one to go, isn't it?

[It's more a rhetorical question than anything, that. She's glad that here the only worry he has is his team and probably how he's going to survive puberty without massive embarrassment. It's how it should be.]

.[Hope Estheim - 0.0.3. Video]. What's evolution?!~ (Goldenrod)

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