>>5536009>>5536017>>5536020"I'm listening." You assure.
"So, I called someone I know for some advice for Holly." Fie begins. "Winston, the Psychic gym leader. I figured he'd be able to send exercises or something."
"Mm?" You say as you move to the small of her back, smiling as she leans back into your fingers.
"So, he asked after how we found out she was an emergent and when I told him about that first dream and how you kicked that..." She sighs. "'Construct's' ass, he rather emphatically advised that the number one thing we can do, is keep the two of you close." She says. "Particularly, while she's asleep."
"Why's that?" You ask, pausing in your massage.
"Skipping over the technical babble, apparently when you shattered that construct of her father, you became some sort of psychic anchor." Fie says, then shakes her head. "That's the best way I can explain Winston's diatribe on the subject." She adds tiredly.
"What about everyone else?" You ask with a frown.
This sounds way too much like inviting complications between you and fie for your liking. And way too much like giving Holly mixed signals, for that matter.
"To use Winston's terminology, we're 'secondary supports', while you're Holly's 'capstone support'. I bought up your accident on the island and apparently, the reason the rest of us were there was probably what kept her from having a flare up. Same with when you went out this afternoon, I was here, but I was getting kind of headache-y until you came back, then it cleared up. The rest of the staff reported the same." Fie explains. "That's about when I decided to make time and call him. So... yeah. Holly's psychically unstable, apparently bloody *powerful* given the building-wide headaches while you were out and her stability is pretty dependent on her proximity to you."
"Did Winston actually *give you* any exercises for Holly beyond what Judy's Gardevoir did, or did he forget that while he was cooking up how to try stirring up drama?" You ask, trying not to sound annoyed.
It's not like you *dislike* spending time with Holly, but you're trying to remain in the Friend Zone where she's concerned, for Arceus's sake. You don't want to wind up her familiar or something and this sounds like something a bored pervert would come up with.
"No, apparently she either needs instruction from a human expert or a strong Psychic type." Fie replies.
"Thank Arceus." You say with relief. "Latios-"
"Yeah, without going into detail, I mentioned him and apparently he's not powerful enough." Fie says. "Judy's Gardevoir or Kathryn's Alakazam is the sort of tutor she needs."
"Fuuuck." You swear, drawing the curse out.
"Fortunately for you, there's somewhere pretty close by you can probably find one." Fie says wryly. "The only problem is going to be convincing them to help."
"The Barrier Islands?" You guess.
"The Barrier Islands." Fie confirms.
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