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...You can't actually taste purple, Hilda. [Let's just. Set that straight.]

Yeah I know. I shouldn't be seeing sound either.

I should probably... go to a hospital...

The hospital we have is far away and I doubt you'd want to go there. I can't personally take you anywhere else.

I know you hate doctors, but man, I'm so messed up... if I pass out I don't think I'll wake up.

[She says it so casually...]

Then I can bring you, but I can't go in with you. [If she dies here, she'll still exist in her world.] You should be fine eventually as long as you don't move around.

[Her eyes roll back and she grimaces, the pain overtaking her for a minute.]

...Drag me outside, give The Dude enough room...

...What?

He'll fix me. Do it quick, I'm already starting to black out. Everything's spinning farther away.

[...He doesn't understand at all, but alright, fine. He's careful to support her head as he takes her outside.]

[The minute she feels the warmth of the sun, she reaches for one of the Ultra Balls stuffed deep in her pockets, weakly dropping it on the ground.

Arceus emerges, looking divine and celestial as ever. It needs no command, knowing what Hilda needed.

It lets out a soul-shaking roar, "rewinding" Hilda until it was mere moments before getting struck with debris. She gasps loudly and breathes quickly, grasping tightly onto Silver's shoulders as she came to her senses...]

[...And then she swings an awkwardly thrown punch at Silver's jaw.]

[Sorry was he supposed to react to the punch

he's a little busy staring at Arceus in sheer awe.]

You saw him, you saw me come back with The Dude, didn't you?? Look at me!

Why are you leading this Team? What the hell is wrong with you?

[...He frowns and focuses his attention back on Hilda.] I haven't seen you in a long time. I'm surprised I even remember you.

This is none of your business. Go home.

No way. The Dude asked me to come.

[Well, he mentioned there was a problem and she decided to say "fuck your inaction" and forced him to act.]

Team Rocket is going to do something terrible, and I came here to stop it.

So you came to play hero. I'm sure you're real proud of yourself.

[He'd clench his fists, but he has no fight in him. instead, he heads back inside to grab his things. If Hilda's better, there's no reason for him to be here.]

[She follows, hot on his heels, and recalls Arceus.]

I'm starting with you. What happened to you? You're so dull and tarnished, now.

The ends justify the means. [He's more than eager to slide his jacket back on again; Hilda gets one last glimpse of the state he's in before he looks perfectly normal, as if nothing happened but the big red R.] I don't care what I have to do to reach my goals. Never have.

What are your goals? What could they possibly be, that you couldn't achieve them with your determination?

It's none of your business. [How many times does he have to say it?]

I'm making it my business. You never stopped being who you are to me.

[So she's not backing up out of your space!]

I'm going to crush them. It's my business anyway. And I'll take you away from them, you are so much more than this!

Over my dead body. I'm not letting you come in and ruin everything we've worked for.

Tell me what you're working towards! Because what I know of what will happen, I have to intervene.

So you can stop me and go home satisfied and reassured that you did the right thing? So another hero can crush everything we care about again? So you can tell me that I'm wrong and try to convince me with your fists?

So I can stop you, and leave this world with the hero it deserves. So that this world doesn't end up enslaved, brutalized, and controlled!