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>You sat there thinking.
>You were out of options for finding people who could support her.
>No family, no friends, and not being comfortable getting the neighbors involved.
>At this point there was no doubt that the only two people knowing about her condition were you and your colleague.
>The Salazzle clearly didn't know what to do as you returned to your thoughts.
>She grabbed a TV remote and turned on the TV and jumped between stations.
>One had Pokemon reruns, but she skipped it.
>She stopped at a news station, which got your attention.
>Something might be happening after all, however small the chances of that might be.
>She was shaking again like she was expecting some bad news.
>There wasn't much new since you last checked the news.
>Some cases of people all over the country scalping toilet paper like early Covid.
>Florida man apprehended after trying to organize illegal pokemon gyms.
>Some videos of seemingly friendly pokemon interacting with humans.
>A report of several people ending up in hospitals after agitating some pokemon; fortunately, nobody has died, at least for now.
>The news anchor was repeating the pokemon code of conduct of "do not approach and call 911" every segment.
>The news of people getting hospitalized because of pokemon didn't sit well with her.
>She was definitely afraid of hurting someone on accident.
>Not like she couldn't be dangerous in specific circumstances.
>After all, you entered her house in a gas mask, and the unhinged, orange dust-covered door spoke for itself.
>All you could do at the moment was to reassure her while at the same time thinking about how to best assure her well-being.