"Say..." Liu Qing began, turning to Lugia.
"Wh-what will you create this time, Your Excellency?" When Lugia saw Liu Qing looking over, reverence unconsciously crept into Lugia's voice.
"Tell me, Lugia, do you believe this place is an illusion now?" Liu Qing asked.
"No, it isn't an illusion! You are Arceus, the supreme creator! You must have seen my suffering and come to deliver me from this torment!" Lugia's words nearly made Liu Qing faint. How could the god of the sea be so stupid?!
"It's been a while. Why hasn't anything happened yet?" Outside, A Hen was growing anxious as he watched the motionless Liu Qing and Cynthia, along with the "darkened" Lugia surrounded by watchful Pokémon.
"Yeah, this wait is really worrying!" May agreed. She looked at Manaphy, who stood on the stone steps watching the "darkened" Lugia, and asked, "Manaphy, do you know how Lugia is doing?"
"Mana~" Manaphy shook its head.
"Manaphy, is there any way we can help Lugia too?" Max suggested.
Manaphy pondered for a moment, then its eyes suddenly lit up. With a cry, it leaped onto the Sea Crown, took down the Pearl of the Sea, and handed it to May, chattering "Mana, mana" all the while.
"Huh?" May took the Pearl of the Sea. "You want me to call out to Lugia through the Pearl of the Sea?"
"Mana~" Manaphy nodded. Its forehead antennae gave off a soft glow, and it closed its eyes and began to sing. Red light wandered in every direction as Manaphy's song drifted out on the wind.
"Roar~" Kyogre answered Manaphy's song with a long, melodious cry. Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos called out as well, and the Water-type Pokémon all joined in.
As so many Pokémon called out together, the People of the Water Bracelet on