You know it's already a big ask of the universe, but it's the most basic goal to strive towards. You won't compromise on this one, so it's fine to take it as assumed. You don't care if it takes a few weeks or a year. It will happen.
[Saturn slowly walks between each item, looking them all over, finally laying a hand on the statue.
. . . Victini isn't familiar to him. But Jirachi is. Team Galactic had researched so many Pokemon back during its initial operations, reporting everything to the Commanders, and Saturn had helped catalog that research and present it to Cyrus for his consideration in how useful it might be. Jirachi . . . a Pokemon that grants wishes. Saturn can guess what this station represents. The unreachable future currently under construction. Ingo, Emmet, Da Vinci, Sneasler, all together living happily, the Battle Subway complete and functional once more . . . presumably through the power of Jirachi and whatever this other Pokemon is. Pokemon are capable of miraculous things, after all.]
This isn't anything like an Ultimate Weapon, like in the Kalos region. This isn't aggravating gods into a frenzy, like in the Hisui region. If you have the consent of the infinite energy source, what's wrong with using the infinite energy source?
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There are still many factors to consider, most of which aren't fully within your comprehension. But she isn't going to solve this for you. She'll accept the answer you present to her, so long as it's valid. If you want something, put in the work yourself. Take it as the predestined conclusion, and you will find the path there somehow. You always work best with a lofty goal to strive towards. And it's not like she's going to be doing anything else in the meantime. Still, you're only getting older, so sooner is better, don't you think?
From Jirachi:
If time travel is possible, then it doesn't matter when Jirachi sleeps and wakes. The wish that comes once in a thousand years could come to you at your choosing. You just need to add another link to the chain...
From Sneasler:
Satisfying her will be easy enough once you get her to Unova. Satisfying the people of Hisui... You're not sure if that one is possible. You may have to abandon them to their own solutions. She has relatives. Another can take up the position of nobility if they choose to upkeep it. If you think about it, taking her with you should take about as much effort as it will take for you to go there yourself. So, whatever you have to do to make it happen, just take her with you at that time.
Ah . . . honestly. I'm ashamed you're this far ahead of me in your pursuit of your goals. I could stand to learn from you, Ingo.
[He stands there with his hand on the statue, staring at it blankly, thinking about this and that. After a minute he lets it slide away to fall at his side, turns, and heads back up to the Gear Station.
You step down the stairs to the Anville Line, and see a train already pulled up to the platform. Only the first car has doors open for you to enter. There is about the same amount of fog here as there was in the main area.
[Saturn isn't very familiar with Unova, and he has no idea what this place is. But it seems incongruous with the ones he knows the names of already, like Sphinx and Pearl and Galaxy, so he's curious, and he steps into the car with Bronzong at his side.]
The train is a standard modern subway car. Above the seats, there are different quotes displayed in frames, in designs like aesthetically pleasing motivational posters. There are no photos.
"Can you hold on to your principle? Will you go on to victory or defeat?"
"Your journey has just started. When you choose your next destination, go full speed ahead!"
"What can I see after winning, winning, and winning? Where is my destination? I've kept thinking, and I've learned one thing. That is, you cannot know what happens after winning without winning."
"You grow stronger by matching yourself against a strong opponent. Please do your best and run toward the destination, an even higher state."
"When you and someone else combine, your engine powers something special!"
"The tracks ahead will be perilous, but I pride myself on safe driving!"
"Sometimes I find myself saying things without knowing where the words come from... yet those words seem to fill me with power."
"I appreciate having physical keepsakes—less ephemeral than memories."
[He reads all of these in turn. Most he reads with a private little smile, imagining them all in Ingo's voice, because most if not all of them seem to have come directly from him. Number five Saturn raises an eyebrow at in even more private amusement, the facial equivalent of a "nice" when you see the number 69.
Number three, though, he lingers on the first time, and then once he's read all of them, he goes back to that one, reading it over and over, eventually mouthing it silently to himself, followed by a silent "What?" Then he stands on a seat to touch that one, just in case he can get literally any clarity at all on this motivational quip.]
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You know it's already a big ask of the universe, but it's the most basic goal to strive towards. You won't compromise on this one, so it's fine to take it as assumed. You don't care if it takes a few weeks or a year. It will happen.
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In the middle you uncover a large poster of Da Vinci, in a model-style pose.
On the right you uncover a large poster of Jirachi, its third eye open.
You also uncover an impressive stone statue of a Sneasler.
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. . . Victini isn't familiar to him. But Jirachi is. Team Galactic had researched so many Pokemon back during its initial operations, reporting everything to the Commanders, and Saturn had helped catalog that research and present it to Cyrus for his consideration in how useful it might be. Jirachi . . . a Pokemon that grants wishes. Saturn can guess what this station represents. The unreachable future currently under construction. Ingo, Emmet, Da Vinci, Sneasler, all together living happily, the Battle Subway complete and functional once more . . . presumably through the power of Jirachi and whatever this other Pokemon is. Pokemon are capable of miraculous things, after all.]
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This isn't anything like an Ultimate Weapon, like in the Kalos region. This isn't aggravating gods into a frenzy, like in the Hisui region. If you have the consent of the infinite energy source, what's wrong with using the infinite energy source?
From Da Vinci:
There are still many factors to consider, most of which aren't fully within your comprehension. But she isn't going to solve this for you. She'll accept the answer you present to her, so long as it's valid. If you want something, put in the work yourself. Take it as the predestined conclusion, and you will find the path there somehow. You always work best with a lofty goal to strive towards. And it's not like she's going to be doing anything else in the meantime. Still, you're only getting older, so sooner is better, don't you think?
From Jirachi:
If time travel is possible, then it doesn't matter when Jirachi sleeps and wakes. The wish that comes once in a thousand years could come to you at your choosing. You just need to add another link to the chain...
From Sneasler:
Satisfying her will be easy enough once you get her to Unova. Satisfying the people of Hisui... You're not sure if that one is possible. You may have to abandon them to their own solutions. She has relatives. Another can take up the position of nobility if they choose to upkeep it. If you think about it, taking her with you should take about as much effort as it will take for you to go there yourself. So, whatever you have to do to make it happen, just take her with you at that time.
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[He stands there with his hand on the statue, staring at it blankly, thinking about this and that. After a minute he lets it slide away to fall at his side, turns, and heads back up to the Gear Station.
It's time to check out the Anville Line.]
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"Your journey has just started. When you choose your next destination, go full speed ahead!"
"What can I see after winning, winning, and winning? Where is my destination? I've kept thinking, and I've learned one thing. That is, you cannot know what happens after winning without winning."
"You grow stronger by matching yourself against a strong opponent. Please do your best and run toward the destination, an even higher state."
"When you and someone else combine, your engine powers something special!"
"The tracks ahead will be perilous, but I pride myself on safe driving!"
"Sometimes I find myself saying things without knowing where the words come from... yet those words seem to fill me with power."
"I appreciate having physical keepsakes—less ephemeral than memories."
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Number three, though, he lingers on the first time, and then once he's read all of them, he goes back to that one, reading it over and over, eventually mouthing it silently to himself, followed by a silent "What?" Then he stands on a seat to touch that one, just in case he can get literally any clarity at all on this motivational quip.]
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But if that's all that's in this car . . . ]
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