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The phone rang.
"This is the Viridian gym."
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"The gym leader is very busy right now. May I take a message?"
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"The what?"
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"I see. I'll tell him."
Click.
"Sir. It appears you need to go to the hospital. They are claiming that your daughter was just born."
Giovanni entered the hospital room. The woman in the bed, he remembered well. It was one night of weakness, one night to let himself relax. He had kept things safe, to end up like this…
"Thank you for coming…" She looked drawn and weak. The pregnancy and birth had taken a lot out of her.
"Hm. Where is she?" Giovanni scanned the room, searching.
"Here. She looks like you." The woman gently moved the blanket away from the bundle in her arms. It squirmed a bit.
The gym leader stepped forward and stared at the baby. The little tuft of hair was the same shade as his black hair, and the babe opened bleary gray eyes to meet his own.
Giovanni brought his hand close to the baby, who latched on with a weak grip.
In that second, he was lost.
"I won't live much longer," the woman whispered, "you'll take care of her, won't you?"
He tore his eyes away from his daughter (a daughter) and looked into her eyes.
Giovanni asked, "does she have a name?"
She smiled softly and leaned back.
"Amaryn... I named her Amaryn… thank you…"