"Huh? What time?"
"The Great Calamity," Sara said with a smile. "You two must know a little about it by now, don't you?"
Cheng Tian had never expected Sara to utter those weighty words so casually. For a moment, he froze in place. But his mind began racing.
The atmosphere was clearly no longer as relaxed as before. Cheng Tian swallowed with an audible gulp, and his smiling face grew serious. He exchanged a glance with Su Han.
"I... we... or rather, all of humanity... how much time do we have left?"
"I don't know." Sara sighed. "It could be tomorrow, or it could be decades from now. It could be far beyond the horizon, or it could be right before our eyes. Who can say for certain about something like this?"
"But you must know more, right? At least more than we do!" Su Han said urgently.
"What I know beyond what you do comes from having lived longer than you." Sara shook his head gently. "And much of it was told to me by Uxie, the Mythical Pokémon living on this island. I'm human too. Fundamentally, I'm no different from you."
"Then... then..."
The two of them thought for a long time. There were so many questions they wanted to ask, but every one stuck in their throats.
"Then can we... defeat the Great Calamity?"
"The Great Calamity is endless... you can never truly defeat it," Sara said meaningfully. "But there is always a chance for things to turn around. At least a thread of hope for survival..."
"What is it?!" Cheng Tian immediately asked him.
"I can't tell you that... because it would be far too cruel to the person who creates that hope." Sara firmly shook his head.
"But! This concerns all of humanity!" Su Han