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The Paintress and Her First Colors

In the beginning, the world was white. It was so white that it was really no color at all, and only a small girl existed. It was a lonely world that she existed in, and though she searched and searched, she could find no one and nothing to keep her company. 

So the girl began to weep for this lonely world, so pure and untouched that it had not even been dyed with the colors of love, and from her tears that lonely world’s first colors came to be. Then, after that girl had cried all her tears, all at once, those colors took shape.

From the colors of loneliness and sorrow, there came a boy with hair as dark as despair and eyes the color of quiet melancholy. Gently, he took the girl’s hand, and though he was borne of sadness, he smiled warmly at her. 

“I know your sorrows,” he said, “And I will always lift them from your heart.” And the girl smiled back gratefully and named him Utsu, so that the sorrows he would take for her would burden only his name, and not his heart.

From the colors of innocence and warmth, there came a boy with hair the color of gentle kindnesses and eyes as clear as the tears he would always long to wipe away. Kindly, he took the girl’s other hand, and like the warmth that had made him, he smiled and melted her troubles away.

“I know your joys and happiness,” he said, “And I will always give you more.” And the girl smiled to him as well and named him Cassius, for though her heart had lost sight of what made her happy, he had taken that emptiness away and filled her heart with warmth once more.

“Thank you,” replied the girl, squeezing their hands in return. “I may not be strong enough to shoulder your troubles or wise enough to know how to end them, but I can love you both with all I have.”

“That is enough,” they replied.

“Will you walk with me, then?” she asked. 

“We will,” they replied once more. 

And so the Paintress and her first colors brought life to that quiet world, and that lonely world was lonely no more.

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Ash’s Letter, Age 17

Dear Silver,

In the end, that letter I wanted to send never got to you. Did you still know, I wonder, that I was thinking of you? That back then, I thought that if I could just wait three years, I could become a strong enough trainer to swoop in and take you somewhere you’d be so much happier? I really, truly wanted to do that, Silver. I did. 

But I couldn’t send you letters, and I couldn’t leave for a journey, and I couldn’t do anything for you, and I’m sorry. I thought about you so much back then- about if you were doing alright, if you were smiling, if you’d made new friends to play with and if you really did forget me. When I wrote that letter, I’d wanted so badly for you to remember me. 

As it became clearer and clearer how helpless I was, though, I thought... Maybe that was for the best. It took so much love for Baobao to keep thinking of and loving my daddy and not be sad, and in the end, he was still sad anyways. ...He was always so sad. Were you sad? Did you hurt? I wondered about that so many times, I lost track. Eventually, even though it made me lonely, I thought “maybe it’s better if Silver forgets me.” In the end, though, it was both of us who forgot. 

But I still came back for you. It took me ten years, and you don’t need me to save you anymore (maybe you never did), but I came back for you. Together, let’s travel beyond Johto and have adventures and shenanigans and find new bouncy balls. 

Will you smile for me again, Silver?

Merry Christmas,

Ash

Let’s smile together

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Ash’s Letter, Age 7

Silver

I hope you get this but I don’t know when I can send it because Piper is mean and sometimes she won’t even let me send stuff to Baobao. 

Are you okay? Are you lonely? I am. I like Gary but I like you too and it’s just not fun to miss people. I promise when I get my own pokemon I’ll fly to you and then we can play together again as long as we want. Gary too! I’ll take you far away from Johto and we’ll have lots of fun and get new bouncy balls and be happy and you’ll smile.

You promised. Remember? You promised you’d smile for me again so wait for me. You have to! 

Don’t forget me Silver because I’m gonna come back for you.