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► fourteenth sketch [Video]

[It's been a while since Namine has drawn on the network. And her pokemon feels the need to correct this. So the gear perches itself mysteriously held by one of her pokemon as she sketches out something from something she's been recently told.]

... the tale of Snow White. I wonder if there are any other... tales out there like this.

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Uhh... I can cook eggs! And pancakes!

[ Ack! She quickly shakes her head. ]

No, no! It's fine, I was just thinking about it all. Sorry. [ fff, she's interrupting an artist at work! ]

This won't be so hard the if you know how to make pancakes. It's almost the same, you just have to mix things in together.

[Oh, Xi.]

... are you sure?

Okay. Then I'd be happy to have the recipe, Namine.

[ Errday I'm wafflin'. ]

Yeah, I am. I mean... it's more proof, isn't it? Those times were real. At least to me.

[Her hand moves to solidify the rough lines into lineart, adding some rough shadows.]

... they were real. It's... just a matter of not being remembered. Forgotten but not lost.

[ She watches Namine's movements with rapt attention, but also manages to reply back. ]

Right. I... before all this, I would have gone back to Sora. I'm supposed to be there, inside him.

And I'm supposed to be in Kairi. But we're both here. We can live as ourselves.

[A pause, her hand slowly putting the finer details of the clockface.]

I... didn't use to think like this. It took me almost two years to believe it, even if people kept telling me before. I know that one day, I'm going to return, be a part of her one more.

... Would you-- Do you still want to go back to that?

[A pause, her fingers hovering over darkening the clock hands.]

To be honest, I want to remain here as well. But it's not my choice what happens to me or not. If I ever get sent home, I'll forget my time here, and I'll end up merged with Kairi once more.

I've been sent home twice before, people say. Each time back home, I have no recollection of this place, as well as once I came back.

... worrying about what happens back home... if there's a way to control how or when it happens, I suppose it's something to think about. But... if it's something I won't be aware of in the first place, perhaps I shouldn't. And the best I can do is make most of the time I have here.

[ You get a long pause as Xion think on that. It's perfectly within reason, but still... She lets out a sigh. ]

Isn't that all we can do here, at least? Besides... [ She puts on a small smile now. ] It's fun, right?

Mm.

If you ever leave, what matters is what you leave behind. Memories in your friends.

... remember when people disappear? When their pokemon goes to people they were close to?

Yeah! Like how Bell went to Sora... I think. He was taking care of her in my stead, at least.

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