"It is difficult to watch your loved ones leave, unsure of their fate beyond your homeland. But if you can help ease the pain of another…"

"Well, we do what we can here. I do hope that explanation answered your question, Eudai."

((Bowen's explanation of the deceased))

"Ha, adorable? I can't recall anyone ever describing me as such!"

"Your flattery aside, there are a couple of individuals I consider myself close friends with…"

“You could have told me to do so in the first place…” -grumble grumble-

>Malik the Braixen has been unlocked!

"Ah, don't pay him much mind. Now, as for becoming someone I trust?"

"The longer they are left in such a state, the further removed they become from who they once were. And so, we do what we can to help those spirits pass on."

((My headcanon on ghosts under the cut!))

"Of when I was young? My, that was quite a long time ago now, wasn't it?"

"The age of discovery. Every moment to be lived to the fullest."

"But in youth, one fails to look much further than beyond that moment. Rarely does one understand the lasting implications of a single action or word…"

"This stone was a gift from our goddess herself, you see, and when she bestowed it upon this village she spoke of the power it held. The ability to awaken hidden potential in Pokémon thought to be at their highest form, but to do this, it needed another, smaller stone. One that would react to the wishes between the two bearers."

"It was never revealed how to obtain the second stone, however, and she has not been heard from since..."

"Ah, but I do apologize for prattling on. I'm sure that was far more information than you were looking for."