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Dominic glared into the tub, expression unreadable. But despite how much time had passed since last they were together, Lane thought she could feel something familiar from him. He was frustrated with her lackadaisical attitude, but only because of how much he cared. He broke the stare first, glancing briefly down at Lane's chest. His wings buzzed nervously, and he lifted suddenly into the air, hovering right up into her face. "That worked with the club, Lane. This was just a hobby for us…-
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Quinn needed a long time to study for this task. Personas were a complex science, even among the mew. Their creation was a lost art, vanished to workshops of their ancestors called "Starforges." They were so much more than simple AI assistants, churned out in any number of corporations in his own world. Preserving one would not be easy. More than difficult, creating a true "backup" of the persona was impossible by any definition he knew. But the persona's true self could be removed…-
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Lane levitated the doors shut, plunging the room into gloom. There was still a single shaft of sunlight shining straight down from an opening in the roof, but that was all. It was quite a flimsy door to be between her and a crowd of half a hundred people. Lane settled onto the ground, rising up onto her hind-legs. That was the first part of being human, right? Standing up. She concentrated, trying to feel her old body the way she'd felt being a shaymin. But there was no one to copy in here. She…
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Emergency lights flashed in the accelerator, boots stomped down the hall, and occasionally peered into the viewing room. The first few groups came from Team Plasma, with white uniforms marked with their distinctive emblem. Yet this time, Quinn was ready for them. Their minds were open and unprotected, helpless before his manipulation. He showed them an empty room. "Nothing here. No sign of whatever attacked Bates," one of them said over the radio. Quinn's antennae twitched, and the little…
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They didn't continue on to Saffron right away, as much as Lane wanted to. But just because she had exhausted all her strength while flying. There was no denying how wrung-out and tired her body had become. She needed the rest. Even Elisa, who had spent almost all of the trip safely inside the pack, needed some time to recover. Dominic just vanished, practically mid-sentence as he promised to see them again in the morning. "There are safe places to sleep underground," Cedar said, gesturing…
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Quinn didn't stay in Absentia for very long, even by the standards of the immortal Mythical Pokémon. Within a few hours of his arrival, he started sensing discontent from the Pokémon passing outside the little capital building where he, Stella, and Cedrin gave their account of what they'd done. Soon he sensed enough anger through those doors that he paused the conference to retrieve his daughter and keep her with him through the rest of their conversation. Vitari hadn't harmed Rose while…
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They flew for some time. Lane wasn't sure exactly how long, though he found that he didn't care. It wasn't anything like flying with Korina. His concentration wasn't eroding over time, like a final exam that continued until his brain finally gave out and he collapsed. That didn't happen now. The air was cold, but the chill of it didn't bother him the way it did as a cat. His body was tiring over time, but not as much as he expected. The company of so many others was…
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Quinn did not return to Absentia to find the refuge did not exist, because Mew and the offshoot species were living together in harmony. But if he had, maybe there would be some world-destroying paradox to kill them all. Instead, he found a city. Nowhere near as large as Starfall, or as advanced. But instead of shelters and tents with the occasional stone building, Quinn found a city of submerged domes and underground boulevards. Thousands of Pokémon lived there—many Mew, but more other things. Some…
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Lane didn't get nearly as much sleep as she would've hoped for that night, considering what was waiting for them in the morning. But Elisa obviously needed a simpler kind of support. There was no way she wouldn't be there for her, even if it made her a little weaker tomorrow. Besides, there was Cedar's other instructions lingering in her mind, keeping her awake even after Elisa finally stopped squirming. She couldn't make the trip as herself, or else invoke the wrath of enemies…
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Quinn didn't leave that night. Yet no matter how much he didn't want to leave, he could make no argument to Avery's reasoning. To stay meant undermining her efforts to foster a new, more merciful faction among the Mew of Starfall. They could never learn that the cat arguing for a forced separation and exile for the persistent variants also had a family with one! Every goodbye hurt—but one most of all. Mew lived a long time, he should see his mate and daughter again. Once he traveled…
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