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BBBBUT TFAL's Silver did end up becoming Johto's champion for a while due to Red/Frosty's death on the mountain, with Blake stepping down once he was eventually rescued from the mountain at the cost of Riley's loop being reset again, leading into the current legends-za narrative several years later. Silver then stepped down himself to leave society

Blake didn't tell Silver about the whole thing, though. He kinda just needed to understandably wallow for a while to process what he just went through. Silver was there for him, yeah, but it was at a noticeably large distance. Kinda like a "we don't really know eachother anymore, but just know I'm still here if you wanna talk. We've both experienced loss together despite that, and I don't wanna be that angry person anymore."

Silver spends most of TFAL trying to better himself before he properly rejoins society, and goes a seperate path from Blake to achieve that. But they still have that understanding of loss stemming from Riley's original death. Just an estranged friend trying to redeem himself that'll let you know you can call him