Cheng Tian blinked and looked at Uxie. No matter how he stared, the familiar Info Panel never appeared again.
[Stop looking. Arceus already used up a great deal of power to revive you. You may never be able to view anyone else's Info Panel again.]
"I know." Cheng Tian nodded. "How long have I been here?"
[Not long,] Uxie said. [Only about three years. A month ago, the latest World Pokémon League just ended. A competitor from your China won the title of World Champion...]
Cheng Tian was already stunned, but it was not the news of the championship that shocked him.
"Wait, how long did you say I slept?!"
"Three years?!"
Cheng Tian pinched his face, then his stomach.
It was a miracle he had not starved to death.
[Your Pokémon has been looking after you here for three years. With such attentive care, you couldn't have starved,] Uxie added mildly.
"Flor∽"
So it was all thanks to Florges?
Cheng Tian looked at Florges, moved, but Florges simply broke into a smile.
It was only what Florges ought to do.
"I feel... like I just had a dream... and chatted with Arceus for a while. How did three whole years pass just like that..." Cheng Tian sighed deeply.
[Your sense of time passing was different. It's perfectly normal for you to have that impression,] Uxie said. [The world outside has been turned upside down.]
"Does everyone think I'm dead?" Cheng Tian asked.
[Yes. As far as your family, your friends, and the records of the outside world are concerned, you died in the Great Calamity three years ago.]
"I see..." Cheng Tian's expression grew somewhat forlorn.
[However, one person learned ahead of time that you're still alive. He's been waiting outside for a very long time. I imagine you'll