Well, in that case Walter was hardly innocent in his world either, given the number of people he had killed. At least in that sense, they were on somewhat equal footing in terms of past sins. Although of course, Walter would see himself as being worse than Cissnei given...everything.

At the mention of 'us', he can't help looking up. Knowing that she would stand by him still...he didn't know how to express the feeling he got from that. Thankfully, she directed attention tot he Pokeball in his hand, but he held onto the feeling, holding it tight in his chest.

"Yes. I named her Alessa...they had assigned me to monitor and watch over her. The warehouse was designed to take a Pokemon's power and transfer it to stones, creating Fire Stones. It looked extremely painful. But...she is a Pokemon of the Sun. When she looked at me, I felt...like God was looking at me through her." He swallowed, speaking quietly. He didn't need to, they were mostly alone and wrapped in fog, but still. "And when I saw her huddled up in the cage after...I imagined it's what I looked like as a child, in the water prison."

Claudia's tails swished behind her in a slow, paced wag. She was still a canine, despite her elegance. "As you've seen, Walter knows how to vanish too. Between them, we could probably live completely hidden for a long time...but, that wouldn't be good for him. And my teammates have other friends they do not wish to hide from forever."