the days were bright red [r]

[vertigo]

"maybe the lake just has this effect on people," said J, glancing around. "its makes you doubt yourself. until we can actually fight here, i don't think we should."

[2tsunz]

"Fair enough." She pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them. Ew, she was getting a little bony. Probably shouldn't have given so much of her remaining food out in Bacchus.

...

"I guess the fact that almost all of my team isn't with me probably contributes to my unease."

[vertigo]

"daycare?"

J'd heard of the daycare facilities in the dream world, but he hadn't placed too much faith in them. it was one thing to train your own pokémon and another to leave them in the hands of others, however capable they might be.

thorpe walked up to the pink-haired trainer and offered her some bread with a smile. it had saved it for later, but decided to give to it thalia. it could somehow sense her emotions, her uneasiness. it smiled, but it too, was tired.

"i'll take the first shift. you go sleep for a bit," J offered, getting up alongside wing, who had settled by kazfiel's tail-flame. "you'll be safe with them." he glanced over the rest of his team which included a lairon and ralts.

"just yell if you hear something weird."