[ Masaomi isn't talking about Chien. Ikki doesn't really get what he's talking about; she does notice he's addressing Soren more than he is her, and she's watching with a confused, concerned sort of expression. She's spent very little time talking to anyone from Soren's world - or the world his parents came from - and she doesn't totally understand the Pokemon and human partner connection. She'd always assumed Chien and Soren were best friends, although a lot of what Masaomi had told her before sort of shifted that into best friends who battle together because of romance(?) and passion(?????). It hadn't had anything to do with how she treated either of them.
Soren is a lot less confused than the little girl sitting behind him, though. He seems to be considering Masaomi more than the question he's not asking, but then he hops backwards just once, pressed up against one of Ikki's knees where it comes off the bench. There's a decidedly defensive look to his stance, which Ikki doesn't notice, just reaching down absently and hugging Soren because he'd lost someone else, too, and she's sad for him.
Her voice is fairly firm, and she answers what she thought she heard rather than whatever is actually going on. ] I said they could come to me if they needed. It was a promise!
[ Soren chirps, looking at Masaomi rather than the seven year old child clinging to him, because Ikki's definitely not in this loop. ]
october 4th
Soren is a lot less confused than the little girl sitting behind him, though. He seems to be considering Masaomi more than the question he's not asking, but then he hops backwards just once, pressed up against one of Ikki's knees where it comes off the bench. There's a decidedly defensive look to his stance, which Ikki doesn't notice, just reaching down absently and hugging Soren because he'd lost someone else, too, and she's sad for him.
Her voice is fairly firm, and she answers what she thought she heard rather than whatever is actually going on. ] I said they could come to me if they needed. It was a promise!
[ Soren chirps, looking at Masaomi rather than the seven year old child clinging to him, because Ikki's definitely not in this loop. ]