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[Aaaaalrighty, network, Walter's got a pretty straightforward question to throw out there.]

Over the weekend I found a...dragon? [It looks dragony. He points the camera at the not-very-ferocious-acting Aerodactyl in question, who is lying on his side in the grass, a Volcarona fluttering above him and two Wurmples inching furiously after each other around and over the dinosaur's resting form.] ...in my PC, the way you find Pokemon whose trainers have returned home. But the trainer listed was "Laguna", and...well, I know he's long gone. I found one from him the same way before winter began, and they recognize each other.

So who's gone now that's had a dragon named "Riley" all this time?

[Beep. Hopefully that was to the point enough that someone will know and respond.]

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...I know of two that went home over the weekend; I don't know for a fact if either of them trained what you received, though.

[...Oh, hold on.]

You knew Kuwata-kun, though, didn't you?

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[A beat.]

...Leon?

[Walter looks openly shocked. He knows exactly what that means for Leon, and he doesn't like it.

His eyes narrow sharply, and he looks thunderous for a moment before snapping his mouth shut on whatever he was about to say.]

....tch.

[He deflates as quickly as he'd gotten riled. He'd considered Leon a good friend - knowing that he'd effectively died without his knowledge hurts.]

The two of you were acquainted as well, huh?

[Ishimaru isn't sure what to make of that reaction; he just folds his arms and presses forward.]

Of course we were! He was my classmate back home - I didn't get to know him very well back then, but he was a friend of mine here!

[Oh.]

That's right, he gave you [...] that Pokemon.

[Does that mean Ishimaru knows Leon is dead? ...Hell if he knows. They talked a lot about feelings on the future, not so much about circumstances of the past.]

Is there to be some form of send-off for him? [The vague implication in Walter's somber frown being "of the funerary sort". Very, very vague]

[Oh.]

...I...I don't...

[Just...give him a moment to lock this down, Walter, that's thrown him entirely.]

What do you know about what happened?

I know the manner of his death, and the method. I never inquired as to why.

[...but he'd bet now that Ishimaru knows everything. Whether he considers it his story to tell is another matter entirely.]

He and I talked often, and at length. I'd name him as a good friend.

[Ishimaru just nods a bit at that.]

I was there, when he died.

[...Right - right, moving on. If Leon didn't tell Walter why he died, it's for the best not to dwell on it because he does not want to get into the reason that execution happened in the first place.]

I don't know if we'll have any sort of send-off - we never did that for anyone, even back home, unless something changed after I was brought here.

[Walter just nods, not seeming perturbed at all by that. If you have more important things to deal with, that's just how it is.]

You suppose he wouldn't object if I performed some rite or another? [He has partial knowledge of a few that are worth a shot where friends are concerned.]

I don't think he'd mind - at least, I don't see any reason why he would!

[...]

We're working on a way to bring our friends here; it's possible we'll see him again.

[...well, that gets a raised eyebrow (and a sense of deja vu).]

"We"?

[Because when he's talked about this kind of thing with Cecil, he has to reflexively wonder who has enough insight to be "working on" it...or if Ishimaru is using the phrase a bit loosely.]

...Yes...?

[No, really, what is the problem here.]

It's important that my classmates are brought here - there are many of us here already, but there are still several more that aren't, and we need to fix this as soon as possible.

[...So he's talking out of his ass, then. Or counts the pre-planning stage as "working on it". Or is trying to make Walter feel better. Or something like that.

Still, Walter can't object to the idea, beyond the vague conviction that no actual progress on this plan exists.]

Not a bad goal at all. Is it of your invention?

[...or it's "interrogating members of a criminal organization about it," but he can't exactly say that, now can he.]

The means, or the plan we have for obtaining it?

[Or, y'know, that. ~~shhh~~]

Either. Just a passing curiosity.

The means belong to this world - I know what it is that I'm looking for, it's just a matter of finding it!

[...you know...

...he likes this crazy, fate-punching idea. Even if he's really pessimistic about it. But "I know", that's a pretty strong statement to make - maybe Ishimaru really does have something substantial to go on.

And it's not like Walter can't think of someone who deserves to have come here with him.

So he's quiet for a moment, weighing that.]

...If it ever comes to the point of needing another pair of hands or eyes, to that end - can I offer mine?

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