johto-punk SAYS : How do you feel about Professor Oak these days? : How do you feel about Professor Oak these days?

PROFESSOR OAK IS LIKE A FATHER FIGURE TO ME. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BARBECUE. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO TIE A STRONG KNOT. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SIT OUT AND CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE AND REALLY SEE A SUNSET OVER A LAKE. HE KNEW NO WAR, JUST AS I KNOW NO SINS. HE IS A GOOD MAN, AND MAYBE ONE DAY, IF I COULD JUST SHOW HIM, IF I COULD JUST HAVE HIM REACH OUT TO ME, HE WILL FINALLY TELL ME THAT HE LOVES ME. HE WILL FINALLY TELL ME THAT HE’S SORRY FOR ALL OF THE TIMES HE WAS NEVER THERE. HE WILL PICK ME UP, THROW ME UPON HIS SHOULDERS, AND SAY: “SON, I AM HERE TO STAY.”

DOES GARY LOVE HIS GRANDFATHER LIKE I DO? WHEN HE COMES BACK TO PALLET AFTER ALL OF THOSE ADVENTURES, AFTER ALL OF THOSE SMALL BATTLES AND WITH THOSE VICTORIES UNDER HIS BELT, DOES HE APPRECIATE A MAN WHO STAYS? A MAN WHO SETS STRONG ROOTS AND WHO BREATHES WITH ALL THE VIGOR OF THE OCEAN SALT? DOES HE KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE TRULY CAGED INSIDE THE SPIRIT OF MOVEMENT? TO HAVE NEVER LEARNED THE BEAUTY IN STILLNESS? I DO, AND THAT IS WHY I CAN NEVER STAY. I MUST ALWAYS MOVE, THEN ABANDON. AND I CAN CALL IT A HELL.

-ASH AGE 10