Vinnie hung his head, pushing his eyes out of view with a mess of hair shielding them from Bulba's gaze. Emptiness in his voice, he remarked dully, "You've gotta leave eventually."

Because it was true. He couldn't stay in Vinnie's room forever. It wasn't accomplishing anything, at this rate. And...

Stolen time. That's all this really was. And one day soon, it was going to run out and they'd have to face reality again. It couldn't last. Not like this, not as things were right now.

He belonged to Bulba. But Bulba belonged to someone else.

Shaking his head, the Venusaur muttered, "Just go."