I rolled my eyes as nobody got my reference, following Spruce rather slowly. Why? Everywhere I looked, I felt some sort of evil presence. I had been through a lot, so it would be pretty stupid to think of Davis staring at me from a crowd of shoppers. This world was full of crap, so I didn't know what to think actually. Bad thoughts, maybe. If that wasn't enough, I thought I had also seen a shadow Pokemon trying to infect several unfortunate Pokemon, though really it was just a damn Grimer apologising for bumping into someone. Of course, I quickly dismissed my hallucinations and just followed Spruce, preferring to get this done and over with rather than dealing with my imagination. "Nothing. Just an inside joke." I said. I was supposed to add a supposed grin, but that didn't come easily for some reason.

That was probably because we failed to save the ocean. It wasn't climate change and that definitely won't happen in this day and age. Rather, we were witnessing something similar to corruption overgrowing the ocean and sand. We could see the corruption right through the water, with no blurring as if the image was on top of the water. It was quite a sight to behold, helpless against the many Pokemon who've lost their homes and possibly their lives. Quite a few Pokemon were just staring, even crying over apparent wraith of the Gods. Dark clouds gathered above us, as if the corruption had also affected the weather. How screwed would we be if that did actually happen? But, we had this problem right now to deal with... somehow.

"Spruce... I'm not sure what we can do anymore." I tried to speak without sounding defeated, though I couldn't hide my feelings. "For Arceus' sake, this is beyond our capabilities. What do we do, just jump in and hope for the fucking best?" I knew it wasn't a good idea to let the pair go, but for some reason, I agreed to it last night. What was I think-

"...don't you dare do that." I suddenly realised my mistake, pointing at Spruce as he gave Kamina some half-rainbow, half-grey ribbon.