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[Sapphire had never had much of a problem confronting her fears. It was an easy matter - get stronger, strong enough to defend yourself against anything, and there was nothing left to fear. There was always a way to become more powerful, to learn a new skill, the right one to take down whatever loomed before you.
It's a philosophy that works nicely when everything in the world has real teeth of its own, and nothing exists only in dreams. Kyogre, Archie, Maxie, "Guile", even Salamence - all could be fought. So Sapphire hadn't given much thought to Spenser's story at the time, beyond a dull horror and pang of sympathy, when there had been a more pressing and more real enemy in front of them.
This was a bit different. You can hit Kyogre with a million thunderbolts, force it back into the recesses of the ocean - but you can't punch the rain.]
Flamethrower! Solarbeam! Do it again!!
[She's crouched on a rooftop, pointing at the (storming, thundering, splitting open and dumping water - where does the water go if there is no sea) sky with a fervor thinly disguising panic. The Blaziken and Tropius standing to each side of her look at their trainer with concern, but comply, shooting the heat-powered attacks fruitlessly into the sky.]
Again! It's gotta stop! It's gotta-!
[She freezes, prompting startled cries from Toro and Pilo.
"I kept hearing murmurs and feeling ripples from within my heart...I could not sleep...and every time I closed my eyes, I would dream about a massive sea monster..."
...a far-off roar is sounding...]
It's a philosophy that works nicely when everything in the world has real teeth of its own, and nothing exists only in dreams. Kyogre, Archie, Maxie, "Guile", even Salamence - all could be fought. So Sapphire hadn't given much thought to Spenser's story at the time, beyond a dull horror and pang of sympathy, when there had been a more pressing and more real enemy in front of them.
This was a bit different. You can hit Kyogre with a million thunderbolts, force it back into the recesses of the ocean - but you can't punch the rain.]
Flamethrower! Solarbeam! Do it again!!
[She's crouched on a rooftop, pointing at the (storming, thundering, splitting open and dumping water - where does the water go if there is no sea) sky with a fervor thinly disguising panic. The Blaziken and Tropius standing to each side of her look at their trainer with concern, but comply, shooting the heat-powered attacks fruitlessly into the sky.]
Again! It's gotta stop! It's gotta-!
[She freezes, prompting startled cries from Toro and Pilo.
"I kept hearing murmurs and feeling ripples from within my heart...I could not sleep...and every time I closed my eyes, I would dream about a massive sea monster..."
...a far-off roar is sounding...]