Mr. Nuzleaf you are not the first mon to betray a human in some way but honestly speaking here you took the kid in provided for him and only resulted to harming the kids as a last resort, while being manipulated and later on controlled by, as we would say, an old eldritch horror. Sure it was a trick, but like it or not you could not have faked all the time you spend with your boy and the feelings that developed, otherwise you would not be the Leafdad we know today. That is at least my hot take.
āThat does... make me remember something. A faint, faint memory.ā
[ Luciano: āI... I donāt know who you are... but I know whatās happened to you.ā ]
[ Luciano: āPlease... you have no idea whatās really going on.ā ]
[ Luciano: āYouāre good PokĆ©mon, Iām sure.ā ]
[ Luciano: āI can help you. Snap... out of it...ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: āHa! Help us with what? Iāve heard enough!ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: āBeheeyem!ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: āHmph. Thatās that, then.ā ]
[ Beheeyem: āI kind of surprised myself there. I worry that might have done some permanent damage.ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: āWhatās that sāposed to mean?! I swear, if you killed that human, itāll be on your sorry head!ā ]
[ Beheeyem: āNo, I donāt think any of my regular attacks could kill someone. I mean damage to his memory. Memory loss.ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: ā...Tell me more.ā ]
[ Beheeyem: āShouldnāt we be heading to Revelation Mountain, sir?ā ]
[ Nuzleaf: āJust start talkinā! I think I have an idea.ā ]
āThe hold Dark Matter had on me makes them memories fuzzy, but... I do believe our original plan was to take Luciano out and bring him straight up the mountain to force him to break the springās barrier. Like I said, I donā remember much of that time, but there were moments of clarity. Like when I looked down at Luās body when he was unconscious... it was like my old self slipped through some crack. I felt like I was half asleep, all I knew was that there was a child there, I was talkinā to some bad sorts, the voice that had been tellinā me what to do was deafeninā now and whatever I was doinā wasnāt good. I think I came up with that idea for the ruse thanks to that last bit of the real me still hanginā around. The entire thing prolonged our plan for months and those months I had Lu in my house kept those moments of clarity cominā. After the fact, I can only guess my own mind was stronger or Dark Matter was getting weaker because of him. Either way, Dark Matter ended up winning and, well... yāall know the rest. But I wonāt deny that I... I think youāre right.ā