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[One day in Unova, the sky opened up.

And dropped out a muppet of a man in tattered conductor's clothing. He hits the ground amid a crowd and instantly a lot is going on. Some people rushing to help him up, to check for injuries. Some calling the police. Some recording the rip in the sky.

And others recording the man, tweeting out that amazing thing that had just occurred.

holy shit a guy fell out the sky

ITS RAINING MEN?! HALLELUJAH???

I can't believe my theory that Ingo was buried in a landfill has been proven wrong like this #FindIngo #FoundIngo???

@ TrueCrimeRoyals TOLD YOU HE WAS ALIVE DUMBASSES

@ SubwayBossEmmet please see this

@ SubwayBossEmmet YOUR BROTHER WWAS FOUND

Somewhere, Emmet's phone is screaming with notifications and calls]

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[ laughs softly, leaning in. ]

They will be glad to have you back.

Probably because you refused to have me replaced!

Well.

Yes.

...I'm glad though.

I would have felt strange had you coupled your car to someone else in that way.

There is only one person I can couple my car with. Anyone else is . . .

[ He shrugs.

it's probably unhealthy but whatever, he's made his peace with it. ]

It is simply not the same.

No one understands me the way that you do.

Yes.

Its because I understand you that I want to...take the cargo from your car onto my own. You've been doing many things that are difficult.

Mm. You have always protected me. I did not realize it until you were gone. [ a beat. ] That was what I took for granted.

You protected me as well.

[in youth from bullies and then in adulthood from math]

[ now I need you to protect me from bigger bullies. ]

. . . mm.

...you're worried about people stepping all over me, aren't you.

A bit. You don't know how bad they've gotten.

I don't.

But to know you've had to take the brunt of their cruelty in my absence is...

. . . they would not listen.

You knew I was alive and nobody listened and everyone stopped trying to help.

Yes.

Well don't they all look stupid now.

I am still angry.

Because they. Essentially killed me?

They gave up on you. They did not believe me. And now.

[ He stares down at his phone — at his texts. There are a lot of numbers that he doesn't even have as contacts: "You were right!" "sorry bro" "So when are you going to say I told you so" "oh shit you were serious???" ]

I am angry.

Now they're apologizing and it feels like its not because they were wrong and hurt you.

But because they want something from us.

[ He huffs, leaning back. ]

To save face.

Well they did a terrible job of it.

All of that and for what? They didn't have anything to gain by killing me.

Maybe it felt like they finally got to beat me.