[ the last thing matt wants to do is make this conversation about him - with everything between kyogre and archie being away from him for a half a year, going on a tangent about his own problems seems real damn selfish, and being selfish has caused him to make a ton of mistakes recently, but-- but. but!! ]

Yeah... but... but even now-- even after everything-- I still wanna go back to how things were. When we were puttin' people in danger and doing things that we shouldn't've been doing and-- and... everything with Kyogre. And that's bad, right, bro? It's like even after I-- I tried to blow up the-- it's like even after all I did when we weren't close anymore, I didn't learn a thing! I still just wanna have fun with you and Shelly and everyone else on the team, and I still just wanna work towards a goal with you and change the world! My brain muscle... ain't nothing!

[ he flops back on to the sand, thudding onto the beach and stretching his arms out. blehhhhh bluhlbubluhblhlbhlubh feelings ]