[No, it wasn't...] Uxie shook its head slightly.
[I merely exchanged that Evolution Stone for another one. No cause and effect occurred. That was all...]
"Exchanged? With whom?" Cheng Tian asked in confusion. Uxie glanced at him.
[With you.]
"???"
While Cheng Tian was still bewildered, Uxie suddenly asked a question.
[Have you met Mesprit?]
"Mm... ah... yes, and it left me with some rather unpleasant memories..."
[It hasn't changed at all...] Uxie seemed to sink into its memories, and Cheng Tian didn't know what to say.
[Aren't you going to put that away?]
"Oh! Right, right!" Cheng Tian hurriedly tossed the Mega Stone to Gengar, who happily put it away.
"Well? You've finally got your Mega Stone, right? That should even things out for you."
"Gengar!!!"
Cheng Tian scratched his head and turned back to Uxie.
[What is it?]
"Nothing... have we met before?"
[Have you seen me before?]
"No... I haven't..."
Uxie nodded. [Then this is our first meeting.]
"But I get the feeling you've seen me before..."
[Cheng Tian, this is the first time I've met you. We have already met countless times.]
Listening to those contradictory words, Cheng Tian felt as though his CPU was about to burn out.
"Huh?" Cheng Tian scratched his head. "What do you mean?"
[In my projections, we have already met many times...]
"Projections? What's that?" Cheng Tian looked at the blood that had been spat out into the empty air. "Is this the price of making those projections?"
[Simply put, it's merely foreseeing the future,] Uxie answered calmly. [I only used a move. It's just that this time, I looked a little too far ahead, a little too many times. My body couldn't quite take it.]
"You're really strong, aren't you? Even your psychic power couldn't take it? Just what