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[ It's the morning and Xion dreams.

It's all vague, really. Images with little discernible familiarity. Doesn't mean that some of them don't. She dreams of a boy with short, red hair; of two short swords of black and white. She dreams of... Lightning-- in armor. She dreams of speaking with someone blonde - Namine? - but the sounds are jumbled, but she can hear clashing of steel and armor grating, and red-

-she dreams of Axel. Chakrams wreathed in flames coming at her. His grin- "Got it memorized?" There's Roxas, and the times they ate ice cream together. The last time they did. "This is why I was created."

Created, and yet she looks like Kairi. Ah, Kairi. She dreams of the time they spoke. Friends disappear. Friends are disappearing. Sora disappears; Sora comes back. That's right, she was created to absorb power-

"You were always a failure to begin with."

She was defeated. She couldn't win. "--sham. Worthless." There's a feeling of hopelessness and despair. It's a different scenario, but the feeling is the same. She can't help her friends-

She lets out a scream, both in her dream of memories and in the real world as she snaps awake, bolting upright in her bed. ]

-ah! [ Realizing what she's doing, Xion clamps a hand over her mouth and hopes no one heard that. She's still in the Breeding Center. She's... safe, yet cold sweat drips down her face. ]

Nngh... [ She holds her head after briefly looking out the window. Still early, but her mind and her... her heart are racing wildly. But her thoughts are interrupted by a snapping sound of an egg cracking open. Beside her, the mystery egg she found over a week ago is hatching, and after a few moments... this rolls out of the remnants of the shell, almost flopping as it blindly moves on the bed.

Forgetting her earlier thoughts, Xion scrambles to get the Gear and pop it open. ]

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"Deino, the Irate Pokemon. They cannot see, so they tackle and bite to learn about their surroundings. Their bodies are covered in wounds."

... huh. I've never head of this one before... --Wait, it's covered in wounds?

[ Forgetting that it just hatched, Xion focuses on that detail a little more than necessary and inches closer to the rolling Deino. It did pause when Xion spoke and is cautiously sniffing the air as Xion holds up a hand closer to it. ]

Is it really hurt?

[ Once her hand is close enough, the Deino sniffs, pauses, and opens its mouth- ]

Ow!

[ Welcome to Xion's life, Deino! ]

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[ Fang tips her head, watching. Light has draped herself across Fang's lap, perhaps half hoping it'll stop Fang from jumping up like that again. For her sake, hopefully she's right. ]

Maybe he's learned who you are already? I wouldn't think he could do that just by bitin' your hand; there's a lot more to ya than that.

[ Poor Deino. Eventually they will figure out that she's female. ]

More to me? What do you mean?

[ Rawr! Hearing the way she's addressed, the Deino starts biting at the air, towards the hand where Xion's holding the Gear at a distance. ]

Think about it: if you couldn't see, would you be able to tell what a human was just by touching their hand?

[ Fang notices that, but misinterprets it. She does grin at the Deino, more relaxed now that it's apparently not going to attack Xion. ]

Sorry, I'm not actually there for ya to nibble on.

That's true. I guess being up against my body is making him realize what I really am.

[ Now Xion's onto it! That gets her a brief bite on the arm from the Deino which only surprises Xion rather than actually hurting her. ]

Ack, what was that for?

[ She shrugs, having no better idea than Xion. ]

Maybe just testing it out. Or tryin' to get an idea of what hurts and what doesn't? It'd help if we could understand them as well as they understand us.

[ With that said, Xion stares down at her Deino for a moment. The Deino squirms in her hold, twisting and turning her body this way and that. And then, despite Fang's warning earlier... Xion holds up her hand to the Deino's head again.

This time, though, the Deino rubs against her hand. This hand is attached to the body! ]

... huh.

[ That resolves it in her mind. The Deino's learned who Xion is, between the bite and the tackle. Legs might still be a mystery, but... ]

Pretty smart guy you got there. Think he's got it figured out.

[ And that comment proceeds to have the Deino try and snap at the Gear again. Xion can only frown in worry and confusion. ]

But he keeps trying to bite you for some reason. Why would he- hey! [ Again, the Deino bites on her arm for the misconceived notion of her gender. It does make Xion pause, though. There's a pattern. ]

Hmm...

And that was a compliment too.

[ Fang hasn't been keeping close enough track of the conversation to put it together. She's been more worried watching the Deino up to this point. ]

What're you thinking?

I just noticed... Um. Hm. What if he doesn't like being called a "he-" [ And this ends in another small cry as her Deino bites again. ]

I knew it!

[ She leans back further onto the bed, still hampered by Light. ]

So your new friend's a girl, huh? Gotta admit, I'd be annoyed too.

[ At that, Xion a touch more bad than one would think... Being mistaken for a boy, but really a girl. ]

Ah, sorry about that, Deino. [ Xion rubs her hand on her Deino's head, which, thankfully, doesn't bite her. ] I guess that solves that problem, huh?

Maybe that'll take care of the bitin' for a while.

Started thinkin' of a name yet?

A name? Hmm... not really? Come to think of it, Axel's the only one I really named by myself.

Ain't something that has to be decided right away - better than giving her a boy's name too, considerin'.

So how does it normally go? Ya talk names over with someone first? [ Pure curiosity. ]

Yeah, I did that one time with Bahamut. Cecil gave me the name because it was based on the "King of Dragons" in his world. Bell... she was named by the "me" who was here before.

You already know I'm a fan of that name. [ She grins. But! ]

I didn't know you were here before too.

[ She grimaces once it's out of her mouth, like she didn't realize how it sounded. ]

Course, it's weird to think about, ain't it?

It is. Apparently, I wasn't really here for a long time to have actually talked with anyone. I don't remember that time.

You ain't the only one, for what it's worth. Guess it's just this place pulling tricks.

It's a weird trick. Sora... Sora disappeared once, but then he came back, with memories intact.

[ She shrugs. ]

Don't have an answer for you there. It'll do what it wants, and we got no say in it. Least you've got a Pokemon from before, right?

Yeah, she was taken good care of while I was gone. She was so happy to see me, she actually evolved into her second form.

[ Sounds really sheepish at that. ]

[ Fang, on the other hand, grins at that. ]

Now that's sweet.

[ She manages to grin back a bit. ] I did kind of feel bad, though. She was so happy to see me, she remembered me... but I didn't.

[ There's a touch of irony in her voice. ]

[ Fang tips her head at that tone; she doesn't know about the forgetting part of Xion dying. ]

But now you're friends with her again, yeah?

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