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[milquetoasthero]

[Who knew training Pokémon was so tough? Besides that, now he had two of them to deal with...

...or so it'd seem. For the last three days, there's been a Sentret trailing him - from New Bark Town, all the way to Violet City. He hadn't exactly caught it - he didn't really want to, considering it seemed pretty young to be out on its own and certainly it must have a family or something - and he's beginning to wonder if feeding the poor thing the first time he saw it was a Bad Idea.

He's sitting inside the Pokécenter for the moment; Doctor's outside with the Sentret, and with this peace and quiet he can finally settle down to talk to others for a while.]

I haven't been here too long [a little over a week, and that was pushing it; he'd only gotten to Violet that morning after trucking it as hard as he could] so I, um, have a question... Is it normal for a wild Pokémon to follow you if you feed it? Like a stray dog?

And if so, is it better to catch it or to hope it'll just go home?

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[milquetoasthero]

[Pokémon are more and more like strays instead of monsters... He's comforted by that fact.]

That's true... And I guess it wouldn't hurt to have more company around permanently, even if it seems to be a little young to be out on its own.

[lif]

I like havin' a big group, though it does get noisy at times. [ She'd be lying if she said she didn't enjoy that part as well, however. ] And it helps if you're plannin' on fighting with 'em.

Or maybe it's young enough that it thinks of ya like a parent.

[milquetoasthero]

[Fighting with them... It's not as if he's been avoiding battles, especially since his Audino insisted on sassing most Pokémon they came across, but he'd be a lot happier to just be at home with his friends instead of in Johto. Although the music isn't too bad and the cute monsters aren't either.]

I guess I don't mind being a parent, but I hope this isn't going to be a regular occurrence. I'm not sure I could handle a whole party of mon-- Pokémon following behind me like an army or something... They'd attract a lot of unwanted attention, don't you think?

[lif]

[ She catches his slip, and it makes her smile slightly. Sometimes she wonders what sorts of worlds other people come from - she'd never been able to think of Pokemon as monsters, not after the wildlife back home. ]

It only happened to me the once, and I haven't heard many stories like it. Might just be the nature of the guy you found - maybe he would've followed anyone that stopped and fed him, rather than your natural charm.

[milquetoasthero]

[Natural charm-- she's teasing him, isn't she. Honestly...]

I certainly hope not. What if it'd been someone bad? They might've hurt him...