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No terrible danger came to Hayden that day, despite an hour longer than they planned. But once she settled, she had to pose for a picture and meet the chef. Soon there was another frame on the wall, of her posed with her brother. She grinned for it anyway, and slipped a gold coin into her empty bowl on their way out despite the restaurant’s insistence that the meal was free. No danger came against her that afternoon either, when Ilene teleported Julian and Hayden to an empty beach and they played for a…-
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"Anytime. I can tell you all about what it's like to be a mew, that's what helps me change." Eleanor sighed. "Hayden, I think we've had this conversation before. Loch and I don't use personality. It’s about appearance—inside and outside. All this time being your handmaid, I could probably change into your twin if I wanted." She sighed, running her hands absently through Hayden’s hair. "Did I catch that right? The jirachi had to pull Julian off you on your…
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Eleanor would probably have many of her own things to say to Gail's suggestion that Hayden would “spend the night” with Julian. But her sister wasn't there, either to voice her cynicism or make Hayden self-conscious. She'd never met the young mew, so had no way of knowing what it was like to spend time with him. First that meant a quiet corner on the balcony, for Hayden to pose at length in various forms. Despite what Julian claimed about wanting to master the power himself, his true…
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No one forced Hayden to dress a certain way for her meeting with Gail. Given the dangers involved and the stakes to those she loved, she did all of that herself, digging through her wardrobe of fancy outfits until she found a dress at the perfect intersection of formal and casual—something made from a similar fabric to the ancient kimono, but shorter and easier to move in. Ilene didn't force her into the tight mew braid—Hayden asked for it herself, and spent an hour holding almost still in her…
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Life in Mew House was as different from the Shaymin of Sinnoh as those shaymins were from her parents. Maybe the differences came from the region, since shaymin and eevee alike had strict views about how she should be raised, and rigid structure imposed on how she spent her time. In one, that meant sweeping floors, while in the other it represented endless hours spent in a shrine, or else memorizing the purpose of each fork on a formal table, or how to check the accounting numbers given in the…
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It was already so late, and Hayden was so tired. Hard to imagine she had spent the day with the most important prince in the world, then wrapped it up by surviving a meeting with the current leader of all mythical society. Cody wasn't here to teach her anything—there were no lessons, no practice. But she had somewhere warm and safe to spend the night, and that was enough. Hayden wasn't ready to give up and submit to unconsciousness right away, no matter how warm the heated pokémon bed…
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Hayden had been small before. Her new skill with transformation let her change into people who were several years younger, if she wanted to. She could be big muscular pokémon, or small ones. But whatever Lord Moonstone had done to her was on another level entirely. She was small enough to hold in someone's hand. But—would anyone be allowed to touch her? Was she a daemon now? She still had one. Liz circled around her, inspecting her in the dim light emanating from the cloth entrance. Her daemon…
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Something was different. Hayden wasn't sure exactly what had changed—but something had. She sat up in the empty study. Except she wasn't there anymore. Her legs floated beneath her, resting on something softer than any cloth. Liz floated from her dress, emerging from her sleeve to hover near her head. What she had taken for the dark room was now a sky full of stars. "There's no wind," she whispered, holding the kitten close to her. "Are you doing that?" The little…
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Time blurred past Hayden in the Summer Palace. She had never been with another mew anywhere close to her own age before. Julian couldn't teach her new powers, he couldn't train her in further Unity. But he didn't really need to. It was enough to be with someone who shared her perspective—someone who wanted to fly, and felt trapped when they didn't change something for too long. It just happened that he was also the most important kid in the world, with a responsibility that bordered…
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Hayden walked slowly through the library, searching for any sign of the other mew. The space was big for the home of one person, with two floors and many study tables and comfortable chairs to read from. There were signs of occupation everywhere—piles of books were arranged near many of them, with many titles propped open. He's not a ghost. There's a mew in here somewhere. She stopped by the door Ilene had used, levitating it open a crack. But there was no one there, mew or otherwise. "I…
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