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[expertonshutters]

[Hey, Union! It's that chatty Calderan photographer you all know and love. Hayato appears on the feed with a slight smile on his face. It not his normal humor but it looks like he's trying. Hm.]

Hey, city. Everyone still winding down after that battle? I'm still not quite sure what to make of it, but I guess we'll see what happens.

[That sounded more like a shitty attempt as small talk more than anything.]

So! Day of Fire is coming up! I don't know if you Unionites have ever heard of it, but that's what we call the summer solstice in Caldera. It's a lot of fun. It's basically just one huge party all throughout the night with dancing and singing and the Throwing of the Colors. You guys should go check it out, you won't regret it.

[His smile is much more genuine this time, at least. It honestly looks like he's got a secret he won't tell. Mostly its that he hopes Union comes and they are delighted and aghast at literally everything that transpires for this holiday. But also he feels like you guys need to lighten up and have fun. It's with that he ends the feed.]

[Action, near Downtown. OPEN]

[Hayato was never a guy who stayed at home. He could always be found out doing something.]

[This time it looks like he's trying to train one of his pokemon. He's crouched down with an Aron in front of him. In front of the Aron is two things- a small pile of scrap metal and a nice looking dagger of some kind.]

Okay. So, let's go over this again. This [He gestures to the scrap] is NikonFood. This? [He points to the weapon.] Is not food. It is Thorin's livelihood. We do not eat Thorin's livelihood okay?

[Nikon the Aron nods.]

Now, what do you eat?

[Nikon goes for the scraps! Hayato sighs in relief and just as he's about to congratulate him on being good he looks down to see the Aron has also started munching on the dagger. He sputters.]

Nikon!

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[expertonshutters]

[It's something he's never thought about, honestly. He was never a trainer before now but thinking. WHat would have happened if he'd had Goro or any of the others before he was taken by Gigas, where would they be?]

...Shit.

[He didn't have anything to say to him. Nothing he could think of would make any of this better.]

I don't know. I never thought about it until now. I-

[Savior.]

[For once the guy with all the words is out of them. He doesn't know what else to do. After a moment he reaches over and careful sets his hand on his shoulder. It's small- minuscule really, but it's something. The only thing he could offer. He hated it.]

[leadingspirit]

[He's. He's upset. He's really upset, honestly. And he doesn't know what to do with it. So he just chews on the inside of his lower lip, breathing carefully through his nose and smoothing his fingertips over his forehead, trying to reign himself in. He's not exactly the sort to cry about this situation, but it's a lot of anger and a lot of unhappiness and he doesn't quite know how to equalize it.]

[Hayato's hand startles him enough to make him jolt, and he follows the hand back to his friend's expression, a forced, crooked smile quirking his mouth. His own hand cover's Hayato's for a moment and he squeezes.]

It is what it is, I guess. It's. So much is wrong right now.