I’ve been with my trainer ever since I was a Ralts.
We’ve seen many things together. Battled all manner of foes. From the days when all I could do when faced with danger was teleporting to safety, my trainer has patiently helped me develop my psychic powers.
I used to be sure that with my trainer by my side, we could take on anything that came at us.
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I’ve often wished my trainer could see the world the way I do, the auras of living things are so beautiful, so comforting.
But, recently, it felt like something was wrong, something out of place.
Today it has appeared to us.
What is this horrible thing?
I cannot see any aura from it, I cannot FEEL anything from it. A black shape seemingly void of feeling, it is hidden from my senses. Surely this thing must be living, but all I can perceive is a lack of life where something should be.
My trainer issues a command. Surely, he will know how to deal with this creature, maybe he can see what I cannot. I raise the full force of my psychic powers against it.
Nothing.
Nothing.
My attack simply vanishes, as though sucked into the emptiness that lies before me. My trainer is as stunned as I am, I can feel his concern. For his sake, there must be some way to- Wait, what’s this?!
The blackness expands, obscuring the surroundings from my sight. I motion to flee, but it’s already too late.
Now I can feel something from this darkness. Fear. Fear and despair. So cold. With a jolt, I realise I have ceased to levitate. These slender limbs long since ceased to support my body. As I collapse to the floor, I realise I can no longer sense anything, no longer see anything.
Oh master, I am blind. Help me.
Help me…
To my shame, I panic, try to lash out with my powers. Nothing happens. What is this? What has it done to me?
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My trainer, my trainer is here. He speaks, tells me the creature has fled. Slowly, whatever it has done begins to subside, Bit by bit, I’m able to see again.
But what I see… My trainer, he’s looking at me in a different way now.
I used to think I could deal with anything. So did he.
Not anymore.
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