(THIS IS GETTING WORSE BY EVERY SECOND!) That tirade earlier? I just... I just wanted to know. If Daniel was with Desia, he would have probably laughed and began attacking us, in an attempt to split the group apart and blame it on the more suspicious half. Probably could've fled in the chaos and get a promotion from Desia or something. Considering Daniel still wasn't willing to attack us... either he was a coward or he really wasn't a part of some big conspiracy to take over the world. He offered to be our guide - I didn't agree with him helping us, but I also didn't object. At this point, it was hard to convince even myself that he was still Desia's minion. Maybe a spy, but... even a spy would've taken the opportunity to end us.

I got a slight headache while Spruce glared at Daniel, who at this point seemed to have had enough of us. He wasn't angry, just disappointed. I could tell through all the shroud and snow that he probably wanted to give up by now, because I would've lashed out if I was confronted like this. As Daniel flew to act as a guide, I kept a stern face and struggled to get through the wind, which seemed to have grown in strength. I decided enough was enough, and hovered side-by-side with Spruce. He still seemed convinced Daniel was out to get us, but with all these opportunities... it just didn't seem as if he was Desia's minion. "Spruce." I croaked, clearing my mouth and calling out his name normally. Chances were that Daniel wouldn't hear us in this horrible weather. "That was just a gambit to see whether or not Daniel wanted to see this group fall apart. It didn't work, and with all these lost opportunities-" I avoided a tree branch, jumping over and clearing freezing snow away from my eye. "-I'm starting to think he's telling the truth." Spruce didn't seemed fazed, but that was because everything just stood still. Suddenly, Spruce almost did a backflip, ice shattering and crystal shards flying around in the air like dust. "Ok, you son of a bitch-" I assumed Daniel heard me and actually decided to finally attack me. Problem was, could birds even flick ice at Pokemon? (DAMN. IT. CAN WE JUST STOP?!)

"-not you Daniel!" Alarmingly, we were ambushed by a reckless Sneasel, ready to pounce at us. Spruce was recovering and getting up, but as I tried to help the damned Sneasel tricked me into thinking he had punched me. Then he quickly clawed at me, missing but making me stumble in the air. As if the weather wasn't already horrible, I was blown into a thick dry tree and struggled to regain composure, the impact making me light-headed. "Oh, for Arceus'..." I spat onto a dead bush (somehow), facing the Sneasel again and casting a branch of lightning which boomed through the air and struck the Sneasel, making it amusingly dance briefly before throwing another shard of ice at me.

I anticipated this and simply swatted the shard of ice away, knowing ice was essentially a joke towards me. What I DIDN'T anticipate was Kamina and Anthony (on top of Kamina's head) appearing behind the Sneasel as soon as I blinked, spitting flaks of fire at the Sneasel's back. It got distracted and hissed at Kamina, ready to pounce once more; I raised my eyelid, unsure whether or not fire was exactly appropriate in this snowy environment. What? You got make a fire in a blizzard then. Either way, that Sneasel was screwed, and was just wasting its time against us. Hopefully we found Celes and the others before they had their own nasty encounters.