<Cleff> "So..."
<Andromeda> "Yes?"
<Cleff> "First things first."
<Cleff> "Did you really not have a dream last night."
<Andromeda> "I dreamt. It was odd. But I did not see pink and black things."
<Cleff> "Was what you dreamt something you don't want to talk about?"
<Andromeda> "...Yes."
<Cleff> "I understand. The dream I had was really scary and confusing and I don't know if I want to talk about it either. Even with you..."
<Andromeda> "Then do not. You told me as much."
<Cleff> "I mean, it's not that I don't trust you."
<Cleff> "It's just that it's kind of scary to talk about."
<Cleff> "You know what I'm trying to say, Andromeda?"
<Andromeda> "Yes."
<Cleff> "It's just kind of scary and hard for me to think about right now."
<Cleff> "And uh... well there's another thing."
 Cleff holds out her hand. "See this?"
<Andromeda> "See what."
<Cleff> She has a small green and red tinge on the palm of her hand.
<Cleff> By a cut that seems to have sealed over mostly
<Andromeda> "...Did you get hurt by a paintbrush?"
<Cleff> "Last night... I fought this powerful legendary pokemon called Deoxys."
<Cleff> "He's some kind of super space virus from a meteor."
<Andromeda> "...How did you survive? You do not FEEL like a Vessel."
<Cleff> "He almost killed Kazumi..."
<Cleff> "It was really difficult."
<Cleff> "I had to send out several pokemon at once to confuse him and trick him. I also threw out a bunch of signal beams at him which confused him even more causing him to crash into things."
<Cleff> "However he just kept going and going."
<Cleff> "Eventually mewtwo popped into my head to give me some advice."
<Cleff> "He said if I wanted to kill it, I had to aim for its core."
<Cleff> "So I sent out Nono... and he looked like he was even scared of her."
<Cleff> "He tried to take her out, but she barely held on, then pulled out this really powerful move out of nowhere that shattered his core."
<Cleff> "It kind of... changed her too."
<Cleff> "So she has 3 sets of wings now."
<Andromeda> "...Right."
<Cleff> "Anyway, as it died, it crawled over to me. It touched me and sort of saw my memories."
<Cleff> "I don't think it understood what killing was before that."
<Cleff> "And after that it just got really remorseful."
<Cleff> "But uh..."
<Cleff> "At the end, I sort of touched its core once it was cracked."
<Cleff> "It gave me a cut and I think some of its blood might have gotten on it."
<Cleff> "And now... Professor Redwood says I'm infected with that Deoxys Virus."
<Andromeda> "...Virus."
<Cleff> "None of us know what it's gonna do."
<Cleff> "But... my hand's been feeling numb."
<Andromeda> "At all? No known effect?"
<Cleff> "No, there's no reliable record other than hearsay about the virus infecting a human body like this."
<Andromeda> "My only advice to you can be to live."
<Cleff> "Yeah. I'll try not dying too."
<Andromeda> "Continue to exist as you always have. No matter what happens inside your body, if it has not gotten to your mind, you can continue."
<Cleff> "I dunno if it might or not."
<Cleff> "It could do anything really."
<Andromeda> "Has it now?"
<Cleff> "Not that I can tell."
<Andromeda> "Then it will not as far as you know."
<Cleff> "You don't know that for sure... what if it does end up taking over my mind?"
<Andromeda> "Then fight it. Resist it by simply continuing on as you always have."
<Cleff> "You're sick too, aren't you?"
<Andromeda> "Yes."
<Cleff> "I could feel it in your body when I was in there."
<Cleff> "I don't feel nearly that bad yet."
<Andromeda> "It is part of me, so I accept it and move on. I always have."
<Cleff> "But... I guess it means there's something we're similar in again."
<Andromeda> "...I suppose."
<Cleff> "Still, I think I'd like it best if you didn't tell anyone else I had this in me."
<Andromeda> "Very well."
<Cleff> "Anyone else pretty much I'd be scared to tell... but I don't think you'll really look at me differently after I've told you this."
 Andromeda shakes her head. "I do not."
 Cleff smiles a little.
<Cleff> "Are you sure you don't feel like talking about your dream? If you do, I'll share mine too."
<Andromeda> "Absolutely...or at least maybe some other time. I still must come to grips with everything."
<Cleff> "Okay. I don't want to rush you, Andromeda."
<Andromeda> "It happened again."
<Cleff> "It?"
<Andromeda> "...While awake. At lunch. I was hungry. For...for people."
<Cleff> "Does that... have to do with your dream?"
 Andromeda shrugs.
<Cleff> "Kind of? Okay. I'll let you explain it in full later. But, as for that..."
<Cleff> "It sounds like you need to fight it too."
<Cleff> "It's probably getting hard for you I know, but I believe in how strong you are."
<Andromeda> "And I did. I will."
<Cleff> "You really think trying to force yourself to be vegan or something will help though?"
<Andromeda> "Maybe."
<Andromeda> "Or maybe I can fool myself with normal meat."
<Cleff> "Maybe you can. I'm not a psychologist so I don't know which would be better for you."
<Andromeda> "I would rather not go to a psychologist for this."
<Cleff> "I know. I wouldn't either."
<Andromeda> also please don't give this to anyone but kain
<Cleff> (of course not.)
<Andromeda> it isn't the "biggest" thing about her but it is the worst probably
<Cleff> (I'm not letting anyone know I'm infected with deoxys.)
<Cleff> (that too.)
<Andromeda> and people should be horrified
<Cleff> "I'm glad I have you to talk to Andromeda."
<Andromeda> "Any time."
<Cleff> "Umm..."
<Andromeda> "What?"
<Cleff> "Last time I did this Nerea freaked out so I'll uh, I'll just ask."
<Cleff> "Can I hug you." :<
 Andromeda stares for a moment. "...Yes." Not very well. Not understood. Yes.
 Cleff leans over and squeezes andromeda tight.
 Andromeda pats her head a little.
 Cleff smiles, "Thanks."
<Cleff> "Anyway I gotta go put my hair back up. I kind of went swimming."
<Andromeda> "I can see that."
<Cleff> "I hope the salt water doesn't affect the dye... maybe I should take a shower too."
<Cleff> "Oh yeah. I dye my hair. I guess you know another secret now." she giggles.