[omg Ash! He blinks at her, staring, not really sure how to react to that. ... Note to self, do not mess with Ash's hair.]

It's-- ah. It is difficult to explain.

[It's in there somewhere between resurrection and players and who even knows when genuine fondness actually began.]

[So, uh, about that merge.]

...And two become one? I wonder. There was the loss of the northern coast, too...