[ oh god. oh god, he wasn't fast enough, and steven was — dead, and the realization still hasn't sunk in just yet. no, it has. just... the shock is numbing him? he's crying, and he hadn't realized it. he kind of feels like puking. and then there's beldum, and adrien looks around him, at all the pokémon, his gaze focusing for a second more on metagross.
they've known him way longer. they're probably hurting so much more.
and so he looks back at beldum again, outstretching a hand carefully to settle on top of it. ]
Bel— [ ah, that was raspy and his words aren't really coming out of his throat. ] —Beldum. Beldum, it's Adrien.
[ and even as he tries to reassure weakly, his frazzled, fractured mind is still reeling. maybe he could... move him? yeah, as chat, he could carry steven no problem (he couldn't make one of the pokémon do that), and... cerealia was really futuristic, so maybe they could have something that could help when he finds the way back, even if steven's— ]
punches
they've known him way longer. they're probably hurting so much more.
and so he looks back at beldum again, outstretching a hand carefully to settle on top of it. ]
Bel— [ ah, that was raspy and his words aren't really coming out of his throat. ] —Beldum. Beldum, it's Adrien.
[ and even as he tries to reassure weakly, his frazzled, fractured mind is still reeling. maybe he could... move him? yeah, as chat, he could carry steven no problem (he couldn't make one of the pokémon do that), and... cerealia was really futuristic, so maybe they could have something that could help when he finds the way back, even if steven's— ]