#((but i got notes on the n and ghetsis battles so hooray!!))

[puerveritas]

Hero of Truth

Catching Reshiram was surprisingly easy. It only took a few Ultra Balls and Merlot’s amazing Special Defense to get it to stay. 

‘Well done. I will fight by your side, if you so wish it.’

That gave Hilbert pause. He wasn’t unfamiliar with telepathy (Merlot communicated that way, sometimes), but this voice was new to him. Was it Reshiram? And also...if he so wished it? Did that mean...

Should he replace a member of his party to include Reshiram? Reshiram didn’t outright demand that he did...if Hilbert didn’t know any better, he would guess that they were interested in how Hilbert would proceed.

Well, thankfully he didn’t need to think about this for too long. He already had his answer. 

“Y’know...a lot of trainers would give their right leg to be able to fight with a legend in their party. But, after everything I’ve gone through...everything we’ve been through...would it really be right to bench one Pokemon I’ve grown close to right at the grand finale? Think about it; if I were trying to prove how Pokemon and people can  work better together, wouldn’t it be totally counterintuitive to use Reshiram in place of one of the Pokemon that helped me get here in the first place? I wouldn’t be living up to my truth if I did that, would I?”

He really, really hoped that he made sense there - words were a weak point of his when he got excited like this. Then he swore he could hear an amused chuckle in his head. 

‘Well done. Spoken like a Hero of Truth.’

Reshiram was sent to the PC.