[Rei nods in answer, a sharp gesture of acknowledgement. She understands, most definitely, just how terrible this must have been. And must be. Usagi has a sweet heart, and she always has. It’s just something she knows, implicitly, about the past form of her friend. It’s why she’d decided to follow rather than striking off on her own all those years ago, and it’s why she’d first stopped to Usagi in the forest the previous summer. There was just something endearing about her, a sense of clarity…despite the tendency to whine and do things that Rei in general would not tolerate in anyone else. She’s sweet. She’s kind, and she’s a friend. The first normal friend Rei’d ever had. Probably in this life, and the last.]

We will. With everyone on our side working together? There’s no way we can fail. You. Me. And everyone else. I know we will, because I have faith.

[A brief laugh comes from all around them, Sabaeus’ voice echoing throughout his little bubble of quiet. The shadows shift and draw closer for a moment as an Arcanine’s nose pushes inside, followed by his whole head. Casius doesn’t want to be left out of the moment too. Please don’t forget about your Pokemon! They’re as bound up in all this as you are.]