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[patsheads]

Aaaa...traveling is a lot harder than I thought it would be...

[Sort of puts a damper on his wild runaway fantasies of hopping a train and leaving town. Oh well-]

Umm...so I guess this place is called Azelea Town, right? Is there anything here I should know about? I don't want Satoko getting bored if we stay here a while...

[Because when Satoko

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[ video ]

[uuing]

... Uu-...

[ Maria blinks curiously at the device for a few moments. ]

You know Satoko?

[ video ]

[patsheads]

[Oh hello, adorable little thing.]

Ahh....yeah. She's my sister.

[And he smiles, all warm and brotherly and whatnot]

Are you friends? It's nice to meet you.

[ video ]

[uuing]

[ Well, Satoshi seems nice enough, so.. Maria smiles. ]

That's right, uu-! Satoko is Maria's friend! Maria's glad to meet Satoko's brother..!

[ video ]

[patsheads]

[Satoshi is the nicest big brother ;w;]

Ahh...Your name's Maria, then? That's a nice name.

Thank you for being friends with Satoko, Maria. My name's Satoshi.

[ video ]

[uuing]

[ He's the very best!! ;u; ]

Thank you! Maria's named after Mary, the Holy Virgin, uu-uu-! And it's okay.. Maria is glad to be friends with Satoko, since she's a good kid.

[ video ]

[patsheads]

Mmm...that's Christian mythology, right? You're really smart.

Satoko's a good girl. I hope you'll be great friends.

[ video ]

[uuing]

Uu-, that's right.. And Maria will do her best to be great friends with Satoko!

[ nodnod. ]

... Could Maria become friends with Satoshi too?

[ video ]

[patsheads]

[Now how can he say no to that]

Sure, I'd be happy to be friends with you, Maria.

[ video ]

[uuing]

Maria is happy, uu-uu-! Got yet another friend! Every day in Johto is really fun and lively like this with everyone..

[ video ]

[patsheads]

[You are adorable.]

Hahaha....it's really nice here, isn't it? I'm glad you're so happy.

[ video ]

[uuing]

Is Satoshi here happy too with Satoko, uu-?

[ video ]

[patsheads]

...Yeah.

[There is genuine warmth in his voice. There's so little to worry about here-- it was nice.]

I didn't get to mess around like this at home, so...it's really nice.

[ video ]

[uuing]

[ And at that she definitely perks up more too. ]

Uu-, Maria's glad too! Maria thinks Johto is a really fun place that gives a lot of opportunities to a lot of people. Everyone's happy, so Maria is glad.

[ video ]

[patsheads]

That's really nice of you to say. It must be hard, being away from home when you're so little...

[He is of course assuming Maria has had a wonderful life with wonderful parents because it breaks his heart to think anyone may be in a similar position as him and Satoko.]

[ video ]

[uuing]

It's okay. Even if Mama isn't here, Maria's not alone at all.. There's Lion and everyone else, and then new friends Maria made here too. Every day is fun and lively, so Maria is happy, uu-!

[ It's okay, while Maria's mother is less than wonderful most of the time Maria herself thinks her Mama is just great, so she won't say it either way.. ]

[ video ]

[patsheads]

...I guess as long as Maria is happy, then...it's okay.