(Route) [003.5]: The fateful meeting. [action for Kay Faraday]
[It has to be, what, three, four in the morning now? Maybe even five, who knows. He's been up for almost a whole entire day and could collapse any second, but he doesn't feel even the slightest bit tired right now. Even if he did feel tired, he wouldn't care.
Right now, there are more important things than sleep. Like standing outside of the Pokemon Center in the freezing cold waiting for his daughter to arrive.
The biting cold, the fact he will probably eventually die from sleep deprivation - those things don't cross his mind at all. The former likely because he found this trenchcoat packed away in his bag on day one, and it's been useful in keeping him warm all this time. The latter, well...that's his fault.
Little Thief is quietly sitting beside him, she being here sort of against Byrne's will. He wants this to be completely and utterly private...however, he's thankful for the company right now. It's making the wait much less painful. Little Thief isn't stupid; she understands something serious is going on, and while she isn't sure what that 'something' is, she doesn't want to leave her trainer alone to face it if she can help it. She can't even leave him to face a measely Rattata alone, for crying out loud. Who's the parent here?
For a moment, Byrne bends down to stroke Little Thief's fur, smiling, trying to relax. Then he stands back up and continues to wait for that teenage girl he's been longing to see since he got here. His little girl.
The wait is killing him, slowly but surely, and seconds pass like hours.]