27 [Voice (Action for House 11?)]

[mischiefbreeder]

[Normally, Gold's content to just go day-by-day in Luceti, not entirely too concerned about the state of affairs back home. After all, as far as he's aware, everything should be perfectly fine and normal at home. He even went so far as to set his Pokégear's time and date to Luceti time instead of Earth time.

Of course, while it's normally a benefit, this time it works against him. His Pokegear ever-so-lovingly reminded him today was Mother's Day.

...So he needs a reminder of when Mother's Day is, okay. So sue him. Anyway, he's reminded of his mom now. Kid misses her, of course. He's not exactly ready to leave her behind just yet, and being away from home for two years... Well, it makes you homesick.

Instead of getting depressed over it, though, he instead opts to pose a question to Luceti.]

So here's a little survey. Dunno what it's like in your world, but according to my Pokégear on this day in my world, it's a little holiday called "Mother's Day". It's pretty self-explanatory. It's a day we celebrate moms.

So answer this: What are your moms like? Here, I'll even kick things off to get started. My mom's pretty much the best mom anyone could ask for. She raised me with all her love, and I wouldn't trade her for any other mom in the world.

And her burgers are to die for. Now it's your turn. Shoot.

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[tsuntrader]

Why? I don't have a mom to miss, Gold. Whatever I feel right now doesn't matter at all. [I'm worried about you.]

[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold can tell Silver's trying to avoid the topic somehow, someway, trying to shift the topic away from himself. "I don't have one to miss, so why should I care?"

But Gold doesn't agree with that, and it doesn't make him feel better. Talking about his own feelings doesn't make it better for me. It just makes them stronger. What he wants is to understand others' feelings. And he wants others to understand those feelings.

He wants Silver to understand those feelings, too.]

...Heh... You remember that time you spent a week at my house 'cause you were sick? Well, after you went on your way...

I'm sure she was jokin', but Mom said I'dve probably been a lot better off if I'd grown up with a brother.

[You can figure what she was implying about the kind of relationship you and Gold have, right, Silver?]

[tsuntrader]

[Definitely. And it leaves him stunned like a Stantler in headlights. How... How is he supposed to respond to that? To feel about that? He has to repeat the words in his head just to make sure he heard them right.]

...What?

[mischiefbreeder]

I'm not repeatin' it.

[tsuntrader]

[...Brothers.]

I never told you the reason why I went off looking for my family, did I? [Brothers.]

[mischiefbreeder]

Not really. I just figured you wanted to find 'em. What more reason do you need?

[tsuntrader]

If I just wanted to find em, I would've started looking a long time ago. I didn't really care. Sure, Blue wanted to find her family, but I didn't really get it. [Can you see where this is going, Gold?]

[mischiefbreeder]

What're you gettin' at, then? [Nope.]

[tsuntrader]

[...] Then I spent a week with you and your mom.

[mischiefbreeder]

...And? [Your best friend's a bit slow sometimes, Silver.]

[tsuntrader]

[Gold this is already embarrassing and personal enough, does he really have to]

I- I didn't know what a family was like before. After that week, I couldn't get the thought that maybe I could have a cool mom or dad in some house like yours out of my head.

...That's why I went looking for my roots.

[mischiefbreeder]

[Did Silver just stutter?]

...Geez, you're stupid.

[tsuntrader]

[No. Maybe. Yes.]

...Yeah. I'm really starting to realize that.

[mischiefbreeder]

Tryin' to find somethin' you already got. Seriously?

[tsuntrader]

I can't believe it took me almost a year to figure that out.

[mischiefbreeder]

Well, let's be honest here. That's a hell of a lot sooner than it would've taken you back home.

[tsuntrader]

[...] I just hope I do figure it out back home.

[mischiefbreeder]

[Oh, geez... Now Silver's sad. Silver's not supposed to be sad. He's supposed to be many things; serious, angry, tsun... But not sad.]

...You'll figure it out sooner or later, even if I have to keep on you about it.

[tsuntrader]

Gold, it took me a year of us living under the same roof to figure this out. At home I usually show up once in a while for a few days, tops.

I'm going to make myself miserable trying to get a family that won't come close to the one I've already got. I'm gonna keep doing this for a long time. [And there's absolutely nothing he can do about it.]

[mischiefbreeder]

So what? Sooner or later, it's gonna hit you.

Tell me, Silver. How'd you feel after you spent that week at my house?

[tsuntrader]

Confused.

[mischiefbreeder]

Confused?

[tsuntrader]

Touched, but mostly just confused. I thought I'd be completely relieved to just leave, but I wasn't.

[mischiefbreeder]

Do you know why you felt that way?

[tsuntrader]

I do now. [...Mostly. Kind of. Maybe? Probably.]