Right... Just gotta push forward and learn from those mistakes, huh?

[He folds his arms, sitting down on the edge of his bed.]

I think the hardest part is that person I mentioned's actually a Pokémon. My starter, actually, and I haven't really... well, done much of anything with him for a while. He gets cared for, but he's not exactly my star player. Heck, I've only got one Pokémon with me right now.

[And given his nightmare, it's hard to shake his fear. What if Slacker really does resent him and just doesn't show it? What's he supposed to think about that?]

I know that probably sounds stupid. I know there are bigger things to regret, and my problems are pretty tame compared to what some people deal with.