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Geeta entered her office with Rika in her arms, a calm smile settling on her face as she took steps into the room.
Rika had regressed to a younger mental space—she had estimated their mental age to be between three and nine months—after spending time with Pancakes, a common side effect, as it reminded them a lot of when they were younger and played when Pancakes was still a little Wooper.
The champion needed to finish some important papers related to the Academy, but obviously she was not going to leave Rika alone, so she brought them to her personal office that was in their house, it was a fairly common activity so it did not bother her.
Geeta placed Rika on the navy blue floor of her office, leaving them near her desk, that way she could keep an eye on them while they would feel safe with her being so close.
"Wait here, precious," she kissed their forehead lovingly, "I'm going to get your things."
Geeta went towards one of the drawers of her desk, while listening to Rika's babbling, she also hear them patting the floor, the champion giggled to herself as she opened the small drawer, they were adorable.
From inside she took a few coloring books with drawings of different Pokémon, as well as crayons and a binky with the colors of a Phanpy.
Geeta returned her gaze to Rika, raising her eyebrows a little in surprise, noticing that the Elite Four trainer was sucking their thumb.
"Oh, no, no, precious," she squatted down and gently removed their finger from Rika's mouth, earning a whimper from them, "shhh, you might hurt yourself if you do that, look, here's your binky!"
Rika looked at the object with curious eyes, then happily accepted it into their mouth.
"What a good baby," she stroked Rika's greenish hair, "now... Look, love, it's your coloring books!"
She placed them next to the ground type trainer and opened a random page, luckily, she ended up opening it to a page where there was a drawing of a Wooper from Johto and a paldean one, both seemed to be jumping with a big smile.
"Woopah," Rika squealed happily, as they pointed at the drawing, looking at Geeta with bright eyes.
"Yes! It's a Wooper, you like Woopers, right, precious?" She knew the answer to that question, but asking these types of questions helped Rika's brain continue to be stimulated by being related to a topic they liked.
"Woopah!" They pointed to the drawing again, a smile forming on their face, they continued holding the binky.
"Do you remember what color this Wopper is, honey?" The champion pointed at the paldean Wopper in the book.
Rika looked curiously at all the crayons, until they decided on a brown crayon, it was a little lighter than the real color of a paldean Wooper, but given the limited variety of colors, they could only choose that one.
"Very good!" Geeta congratulated them, giving them a kiss on the cheek, "and this one?"
Rika searched through the crayons again, this time picking up a navy blue, the color was too dark, but it still worked.
"Good! You're very smart," she pressed her lips to Rika's forehead, earning a giggle, "mama is going to work, but if you need anything just call me, okay?" She got up from the floor and went to her desk, to review the work the Academy had sent her.
They spent the next hour in the same way, it was a relaxing time, when Rika played they did it calmly, sometimes Geeta forgot they were there.
Geeta learned at the hard way that working for several hours in a row without a break was not good for her health, so she decided to get up from her desk chair and go to Rika.
"What are you doing now, precious?" She said in a gentle tone, as she squatted down once more.
Rika pushed the book towards Geeta, as if they were very proud of what they had just colored, it was a different page, this time the drawing was of two Numel sleeping together.
The coloring was like a small child would do—quite appropriate—and the colors were not exact, but none of that mattered to Geeta, the only thing that mattered was seeing that face full of joy, an expression that always assured her everything would be alright.
"Oh, that looks amazing, love!" She stroked Rika's hair, she also kissed their forehead.
The Elite Four trainer dropped the crayon they were holding in their hand and opened their arms towards Geeta.
"Mama!"
The champion looked at them for a moment, until she understood what they wanted, she smiled as she wrapped her arms around Rika's thin body.
"Oh, my precious," she kissed their forehead again, she would never get tired of it.
"Mama!"
"Yes... Mama loves you very much."