It's strange, isn't it? Sometimes the quiet moments before a performance are the loudest. The lights, the crowd's murmur... it all fades, and I'm left with just me and my thoughts. Do you ever feel like that? Like you're balancing on the edge of who you want to be and who you think you should be? My Pokémon and the friends I've traveled with... they help me find my footing. But the first step—the decision to step into the light—that's always my own.