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[Rika is currently sitting under a tree on the outskirts of Violet City, and she's holding a badge in her hands.] Mii. I am sorry that I did not tell anyone that I would be challenging Falkner today. Satoko, I thought it would be better to show you a more even battle since I was too strong for Falkner and the battle went by quickly... I was not able to fight to my fullest, and I want to show you what my team is really like.

[She's silent as she shifts around, putting the badge down on the ground and picking up her Shinx and setting it in her lap.] ... I have also been thinking about Johto and everyone here lately. We all come from different places, and I've wondered if, given the choice, would you go back home right now? Would you forget all of the memories you've made here?

Or would you prefer to bring all of your loved ones here, and leave your home behind? ... Or maybe you would leave all of your loved ones at home and just stay here? [Rika opens her mouth again as she prepares to say something else when her Shinx licks her on the cheek. Her attention immediately turns to the pokémon and she smiles at it.]

Mii? Would you like something to eat? [Rika cuts off the feed as she reaches into her bag to look for food.]

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One from home?

Mostly by being extremely distressed after an incident that involved mind-controlled and a close brush with death. I think we accidentally guilt-tripped him into talking.

Yes. I now have two friends from home here.

Mii... that must have been very tough to go through.

Are you happy to see them?

--eh?! Wh-why would-- They weren't there to help try and cure it?!

It was. But we became used to it, after some time.

True enough, but this place has a strange tendency to have things end on a happy note.

Mm... you know, I think if there was a way for me to leave and come back as I pleased, I'd rather do that.

No, they weren't. They were there to destory my happiness and kill everyone in the village. [She clenches her fists. It's obvious that just thinking about the one responsible makes her angry.]

Coming here after all of that must have been a shock, since Johto is so calm.

So would I. Maybe someone will find a way to do that someday.

Yes. I've enjoyed spending time with them here. It gives me hope that my other friends will eventually be here as well.

It does. There have only been a handful of bad things that have happened here.

Even if it takes them away from their world?

It was. The difference between 'in the middle of a lunar cave with a group of twenty' and 'alone in a bedroom with a strange woman calling herself my mother downstairs' was a bit too much for me at first.

[She's silent for a while.] ... I don't know.

Have you been here long?

I myself have only lived here some few months.

It was for me as well. I was expecting to wake up in Hinamizawa, but I woke up here.

...

I'd like to see Aoko again. Or even my mom. But I dunno if I want them to be kidnapped like I was.

Hinamizawa is the name of your home? Is it that different from Johto's cities?

Mii. I believe it has been almost seven months.

I understand that.

However, there is a possibility that my friends will be happier here.

Yes. Everyone knows one another, while new people are showing up here every week.

... really?

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