Silvermoon fought to not whirl, and see who it was, but- But they still turned, trying to be discrete, but really wanting to know who was intruding on their private pity party. A sharp gasp escaped them before they could really help it- It was that man, from before. The one who'd been nice, and given them that ponyta. "Verai?" They tried to figure out how to pronounce the name- and he looked over, so it was probably close enough to right.

They remembered what they asked of him, and winced a bit. "I- um, I- I'm not... feeling up for a fight right now. I'm sorry." They looked down, fussing with the hem of their cloak. "I- I don't know what I'm doing. Not- not here, but like- but me, in real life- but also here- I just-" Silvermoon cut themselves off, taking in a frustrated breath.

Silvermoon hesitated, but slowly got up and moved to sit next to Verai. He said to listen, so they did- and... he didn't say anything. Just nodded his head like he was in prayer. Silvermoon fiddled awkwardly, and finally folded their hands in their lap and closed their eyes.

There wasn't anything to listen to except the rain, as it battered the church from the outside. They had rain like this sometimes at home, but not too often. Kasey liked to open the porch door, when it rained like this, and just sit and listen to it. It was always soothing- they knew it'd be a different story if they were outside, or if the ceiling leaked or something- but while it was safe, it was nice. Kasey usually fell asleep fast when it rained.

But then there was a clap of thunder, the church shaking from the weight of it, and Silvermoon jumped. For an instant- they thought they saw a massive shadow. It- they had looked up the game, after meeting with Tuesday. Tried to figure out what pokemon she'd had. From the threads and chats, Kasey had assumed a kyogre, which was a big... whale thing. Tuesday's hadn't been large- but the massive shadow was covering the church and the settlement in darkness.

Silvermoon tried to catch their breath, heart pounding. Was- Was Legion going to be that big? That powerful?

Silvermoon frowned, and looked over at Verai- his head was no longer tucked, but instead he was looking forward, eyes distant. "I... thank you." They said, at a loss for any other words.

Silvermoon flushed, looking down at their hands again. "I- um- thank you-" They stammered again, unable to come up with anything useful to say. He just kept... showing up, and saying something useful, and Silvermoon didn't have anything to offer him...

"Wait!" Silvermoon gasped, looking over at Verai. "I- let me give you this!" It was the first good thought- Silvermoon reached into their bag, and pulled out a pokeball. It was one they'd gotten from one of the towers, but never used. "You, um- You like cats, right? You're the one who did the, um, the class on them?" They asked, fighting the urge to hesitate. He- he had cat ears. And there couldn't be too many older guys with cat ears named Verai. Right?

"Here- you should take them! I- I think my team's pretty set, right now, so I don't want them to feel abandoned..."

Silvermoon offers Espeon