I know, and there isn't really, especially with the impermanence of this place. And it's certainly not going to happen quickly.

Hey, it's all right. She might not fully understand but that doesn't mean she cares about you any less, you're not "nothing" to her.

[How to put this? It's a little harder when trying to put it in words, especially to someone certainly not native to her version of Earth.]

And even a shadow isn't "nothing." Where I'm from, there's a spirit in everything--it's called "kami", technically I'm a kami, there's kami in trees and water, there's even kami in sound and the air. The Pokemon are very similar to my culture's concept of kami. They're paid tribute to and regarded as something very much real. So...honestly, you're a kami from my perspective.