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[The video shows a certainly lazy mage, sitting on his bed, gently petting a Clefairy who’s curled up on his lap, sobbing into his clothes. …Also his face looks pretty heavily bruised, there, as though he’s been slapped a lot. Not that he seems particularly in pain, or if he is he’s hiding it pretty well.]

Haa… a week here, huh. That’s a new record, even for me.

[He says this cheerfully, but his expression softens into a somewhat regretful smile as the Clefairy in his lap lets forth another sob, one that’s pointedly unamused. “Clef.”]

…I guess I really worried you, didn’t I.

[“Cle-Clefairy clefair clef fairy fairy clef…” Her already-half-choked-up chatter is muffled a little by how buried she is in his clothing. She’d been so scared – so scared – because he wouldn’t wake up, no matter how much she used Wake-Up Slap which is supposed to be able to wake anyone up, and this went on for days, why wouldn’t he wake up?]

…Sorry, Rose. I didn’t mean to scare you like that.

[Rose stops sobbing for a moment to look up at Ryner in surprise – she’d been so sure he’d say something stupid about how she shouldn’t worry so much about him or something. (Which is on his mind, sure, but he’s trying to have tact here.) But after a moment, the tears take over again, and she buries her face even more in his clothes.

He just strokes her a bit more, he hopes calmingly.]

We’ll do something special to make up for it, all right? I mean, it’s too late tonight to go to the theater, but maybe – huh?

[And suddenly, at the window, there is the beating of wings, the scrambling of feathers, and a loud “’TOWL!” that announces that a certain Noctowl has returned from a couple day trip (that he decided to take seeing as Ryner wasn’t waking up any time soon at the time).

Gail is greeted by other voices in the room who are just off camera at the moment – an Absol, a Quilava, and a Paras, to be specific. (There's also a Yanma under the bed, but she's still in a bit of shock from being out of the PC for such a long stretch, so she's being quiet.) Rose tries to stop crying, at least, even if she doesn’t look up.

When he lands and registers that Ryner’s awake, Gail tilts his head and lets out a happy “Noctowl!” in happiness that Ryner is now awake.]

Ah, Gail! I guess you took a trip while I was out, huh.

[A nod from the Noctowl, who then maneuvers to take off the satchel he’s wearing and open it to display its contents: lots of fresh berries and plants and such, and… a Pokémon egg?

Yeah, um… guess who met a pretty wild female bird on his travels and had a… thing with her. He seems so proud of himself, too.

Ryner… is surprised, to say the least, but manages to not freak out.]

And you brought back your kid, I guess? Well, I hope it’s yours, anyway…

[A nod from Gail.]

…Well, I don’t see why not, I guess. Who am I to say no, right?

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There's a theater?

[Yes, all of that, and this is the bit the nerd focuses on.]

...wow, you look pretty beat up. Did you get into a fight? Is she alright?

Mmm. There's a dance theater in Ecruteak. We went to one of their shows... a couple weeks ago, I guess.

[And at the mention of his injuries, he just smiles as though nothing's wrong.] Ah... I'm fine. I'll be fine. Er, well, I think it's mostly a few days old, anyway. It'll probably go away soon.

You act kind of like she's your child. It's... sweet.

[He adjusts his glasses and thinks.] You think?

I'm not sure I'd consider her that... but I try to give her a good life, you know?

Ah... well, I kind of slept through it all, somehow. Even if it didn't feel like I was asleep...

Yeah. I know what you mean.

...you slept through it? How do you sleep through getting beat up like that?

Well, it really didn't feel like I was asleep. I... actually, I went home, for a while.

...oh, I see. That happened to me, too. Guess I shouldn't be surprised.

I'd heard of it happening, but... well, Rose got scared when I wouldn't wake up, I guess. And when she doesn't like something, well...

Poor thing. She seemed pretty upset. [Understatement of the year.]

Yeah... [He gently strokes her again.] I hope I can make it up to her, somehow. Much as I was... glad, in the end, to be able to go home for a while, I don't like seeing Rose like this.

She must be pretty fond of you. It's a pity you can't take her home with you.

Yeah. It'd be nice, if she could go back to Roland with me... well, assuming she wanted to, anyway.

...you live in a place named "Roland"?

Mmm. It's the southern-most country on the Menoris continent.

Ah- wow. You must be from an entirely different planet to mine - or be from far in the future. Either way.

Well, I kind of doubt I'm from anyone's future, unless you'd never seen one of those 'microwave ovens' before coming here either... But I wouldn't be surprised, about different worlds.

Well, you're not from my future then. [An embarassed laugh.] They're not all that popular back home but they seem to be growing in popularity.

I can see why - no clue how they do it, but that they can warm food up quickly without starting a fire is definitely useful.

Well, you noticed how the inner walls of the microwave are made out of metal, right? The microwave is named that because it utilises microwaves. It's called dielectric heating. It passes waves of non-ionizing microwave radiation through the food and heats it through the friction. Because microwaves can't pass through metal, they're reflected off each wall.

You noticed how the food rotates, right? By agitating the oscillating molecules of the microwaves, the kinetic energy of the food is amplified, resulting in it being heated essentially by itself - with a little help.

[The Clefairy in his lap (who is still not letting go but has at least stopped crying) turns ever-so-slightly toward the camera and just tilts her head. "Clef?" Because she doesn't get any of what he just said.

Ryner, on the other hand, was paying careful attention, and even seems to have understood most of it! In one form or another, anyway.]

So it basically aligns the energy inside itself to create that kind of effect?

That's right. It's pretty clever, really.

[Ooh, someone that understood the concept. That was rare.]

It kind of sounds similar to how magic works, back home. Ah... well, only kind of, I guess.

...ah-? You come from a place with magic?

Yeah. I'd show you if you wanted, but... well, it doesn't work here.

...huh. I guess it must be atmospheric in some way.

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