"Well then Crystal, do you mind if I give you a check up?" I tuned to Night, his voice was strange, a gentle whisper accompanied every one of his low toned words, but there was also an edge to them as though he was capable of extreme aggression and yet the most gentle soul you'd ever meet. He seemed to have the greatest self-control possible to me, and it seemed like his calm expression simply masked his true feelings. I nodded slowly to give Jim permission and he nodded softly back before gently padding over to the bed and lifting one of those huge, heavy paws to touch my forehead with a softness that felt more like a cloud brushing my forehead. I blinked in surprise, I'd expected to be pushed a bit by that paw that could easily swat me away. He then lifted his paw from my forehead then softly lifer my chin to inspect the small cut that was there. "Hmmm." He turned and left me for a bit, moving a rack to reveal a small nook with a case in it, then he opened it revealing tools, bandages, salves, cremes and berries as he picked some creme he applied it to the small gash under my chin with the gentle yet firm and effective application skill achieved only by those who have practiced for a long period of time. As this crossed my mind I realised he had the skill of one who'd been practicing for much longer than the age he was, even if he'd started when he was a kit.
"Er... how long have you been a medic?" I also realised that he'd spoken in two seperate languages aside from the language spoken now. (Did I learn any other languages before?) I blinked at this thought, uncertain how to remember anything at the moment.
"Hmm… Well I've known Shadow for thirteen years, was traveling for five before that, another two in kanto, and the original twenty in hoenn, oh, and the other fifteen in Sinnoh where we are now, so all in all, 55 years I've spent as a medic." I simply sat amazed by his recounting of decades as though they were simple hours, now completely dumbfounded and lost for the true age of the male in front of me. He could be his appearance age of 27 or an ageless 200 for all I knew. "Hmm? You look confused."
"W-welll you look no older than late twenties, yet you've basically traveled the world, become a master healer and you talk about years as though they were mere minutes of your life!" Shadow smiled softly as Night nodded.
"Well of course I'm 317, 18 this coming month." I must have looked as astounded as I felt, for he nodded. "Yep, that's my age, absol like the two of us can live for hundreds of years, that's why we are also known as the century pokemon by humans. I was around far before miss Shadow here, and probably will be long after. Its hard to live this long..." his words suddenly trailed off and he looked at me like the statement may have striken something in my memory, but when I didn't, he looked slightly relieved, caught his slip and re-adopted that calm mask. I then thought about how old I was, now knowing I could be far older than I appeared to be. "How about you try to walk, just to see if your leg is hurt."
"Er ok." I blinked still amazed as I got to my feet, a dull, throbing kind of pain protesting my standing position, telling I had been laying for quite a while. I took a step forward, the creme that he had applied to my chin softly tingling. Then my left hind leg shivered a bit, and I wobble, instantly thrown off ballance, tripping over nothing and making a crash course for the floor. Before I hot the ground there was a sudden swish of fur on air and I felt a powerful paw holding me up and supporting my wheight as I leaned into the strong body beside my on my left.
"Carefully crystal." I instantly felt my face blush deeply as I realized that Night had almost appeared beside me, supporting me as well as gently guiding me to my feet. "I thought so, looks like a pulled muscle."
"You can help her right?" Shadow looked extremely concerned as she was helpless when I lost ballance.
"Well of course, she just needs to keep off of heavy training, long runs ir other strenuous activities." He gently wrapped his paws around me then as he helpped me lay back down, only this time Shadow noticed and smiled. I quickly hid my blush as Night turned back to me. "Well now about your memory."