#thank u for this Gio i absolutely adore getting random questions like this... ))

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IC question!

Tell me about a genuinely happy moment in your life

Roark sits there for a moment, seemingly in deep thought. As much of a pessimist he tends to be, he can't deny that there's been plenty of happiness in his life, especially in more recent times. There's been the days he's woke up early and had breakfast with his mother, catching up on lost time. There's been the moments where he and his brother have wrestled like dumb idiots over the stupidest shit, and though he acted annoyed he was annoyed, he loved the fact that he and his brother were back to being best friends again. There's even the times where he's sat up late in the living room, talking to Steven about their shared passion of all things geology.

But if he had to pick a moment to talk about, the moment where he felt genuinely happiest... there was really only one that rushed right to the forefront of his mind.

"I'm sure you've heard of my good friend Mothy, right? Finnley Jones, Sinnoh Champ - 'm sure you have. He's one of my closest friends - me n' him go way, way back. But see, the thing is... he was actually the first friend I ever had. The only one for a long, long time. I was this scruffy, feral lookin' kid - y'know, the kinda child you think would bite you without hesitation? And I would've, too! Though people... didn't exactly like that too much. Not too great for makin' friends, beatin' the shit outta people. But... then there was him. Beat up lookin' kid wearing old, outdated clothes. Didn't even look like he was from this time, nevermind this world. Fell outta the sky and didn't remember anything, not even his own name."

"Dad had me sitting with him while he talked to Miss Rose - she wasn't too happy to have to take time out of her busy schedule to argue with the old man - never mind the fact that she had to talk to him in the first place. I mean, she had a Center to run - it's understandable. But when he woke up, I... kinda expected him to be scared of me. I mean, everyone else was. But he wasn't. He talked to me, he listened to me, he was nice to me. Even let me ramble on about my fossils and all that crap. He was... really the first person who gave me the time of day. I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for him, really. Might never have been able to reconnect with my family, might have never gotten out of that hellhole - my life's gotten so much better since he became a part of it. No matter where he came from, when he came from - I'm really glad he's here."