Me: And then, there's this day.
Goh: Oh, yes - it's your "special day".
Ash: Happy "birthday" to me!
Pikachu: Pika chu! ["Happy day!"]
Me: As I remark on it every year, there may or may not be a truth in it, but you two are truth to me and other people.
Ash: Sure!
Goh: We'll accept that.
Me: That's great. As for the theme this year, I want to talk about "wild things over there". It's always a pertinent topic for us.
Goh: Of course! There are always wild Pokémon to be found, caught, and even connect with.
Ash: I'm with Goh on this one. Who knows? Some of them might even become new partners for me in the future.
Me: That is very true - even if I and others won't know about them.
Goh: But even if we don't catch them, at least we can always help them out and do things with them - and they'll do the same for us in return.
Ash: I've always done that. And even after my time with Goh, that still happened.
Goh: Oh? Do tell!
Ash: Well, I helped out a Latias, and then the Latias helped me out with all kinds of things.
Pikachu: Pika pika. ["Sure enough."]
Me: That much I heard too.
Goh: That's impressive! It's like what happened with me and Suicune - but not as broadly.
Ash: Yeah. And you know, talking about wild things reminds me of the Wild Area in Galar.
Goh: That definitely counts as something wild.
Goh: Yup. We remember that too.
Me: Certainly, you don't have to go through the Wild Area to find wild Pokémon.
Ash: You can find them even right here, right now!
Goh: If you look hard enough - but then you don't even have to do that either.
Me: It's a wild place we live in, and it's even a wild time too... for us.
Ash: I guess our journeys have been wild - but is your journey also being wild?
Pikachu: Pika pika? ["I wonder?"]
Me: Surely. A lot of things have changed - even in the process of us talking now - and it has been a wild ride, not necessarily for the better. You know, people, technology, the world...
Goh: I get what you mean. But you still have us and Pokémon - that seems wild enough.
Ash: And it's always wild, if you ask me.
Goh: It's wild, but we take it in stride.
Ash: Hey, that's a good way of looking at it.
Me: I'll accept that. And it may just be that the future is also wild.
Ash: That might just be true too!
Goh: It can only get wilder with Pokémon.
Me: So it is. So, on the occasion of your "birthday", there are always good things and wild things to deal with here and over there, and... I guess it's wilder not to deal with them.
Ash: You got it. Don't be too blue about it too.
Pikachu: Chu... pika. ["So wild."]
Goh: All the wildness is for us to tame - for something bright.
Ash: I like the sound of that.
Me: May your days be as wild as the Wild Area and the wild (blue) yonder.
One year ago: Let's Talk About Remembrance
Two years ago: Let's Talk About Perpetual Connections
Three years ago: Let's Talk About Meaningful Things
Four years ago: Let's Talk About Filling in Things
Five years ago: Let's Talk About Some Moments
Six years ago: After All These Years
Seven years ago: GiRL (Gyms in Real Life)
Eight years ago: To Japan and Beyond
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