Skye chuckled slightly, feeling embarrassed at being called ‘kind’. A lot of people have called him that and several other nice things, but they always made him embarrassed.
“I-it’s nothin’, miss. Just daein’ ma job as a” he sighed. “breeder.”
“A breeder? You must be busy quite often.”
“I get busy quite a bit back home, too. Though I bet yours is a better job than mine. You get to handle the little ones, after all.”
Rebecca adored baby Pokemon They always brought a smile to her face.
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“Oh! Ah didnae ‘hink ah’d see you again, miss-!”
“Ah! You’re the kind young boy from that ranch. I never got to thank you for your help before Marshmallow flew off.”
The former champion gave the other a sheepish smile. This time she had finally found her way back to the ranch.
A couple of minutes had passed before Skye had returned, opening the small no-access gate on the desk for Rebecca.
“Awright, miss. Pigeon is oot lookin’. Come we me ‘n Chu ‘n you cin idenity if da Altaria is yours.” As Skye spoke his companion’s name, he had hopped onto his shoulder.
Rebecca had her headphones off by then, not hearing the other until she felt the steps in the floor. She put her headphones back on and gave the other a smile.
“Got’cha. Thank you so much.”
Chu simply sat still as Rebecca read the Pokédex entry for his species. He was used to being scanned by foreigner trainers for their Pokédexs and informational handbooks.
“Pika~!” The Pikachu shook the outstretched hand with his small clawed paw again.
“Very adorable as well. I’ll make note to try to find a new friend when I get back.”
Of course there was no doubt she’d look for one. She wanted to raise a little Pikachu like this on her own.
“Ah know, but Pikachu ir real wide spread ever since Ash Ketchum ‘n his Pikachu got intae aw da leagues. Tend tae be a good marketin’ Pokémon tae…” Skye explained as he disappeared out of the back door, into the ranch.
Chu wriggled his nose before sitting on the desk, waiting for his trainer to return.
“Never heard of him.”
Rebecca quietly studied her new ‘dex entry, raising an eyebrow at how interesting it was. An electric-type, how fitting for
The retired trainer gave Chu a grateful nod with a small smile. She held her hand out to him again for a shake.
“What an interesting species. Thank you for allowing me to scan you.”
“Ah’ll go oot ‘n call ‘im den. Yae cin stay here or yae cin come oot wae me. Oh ‘n go right aheed. Pikachu ir easy tae find here.” Skye ended up sniggering to himself at the unintentional joke.
“I’ll wait here… You know this place better than I do, after all.”
The retired trainer’s face turned a bit pink as she pulled out a rather new Pokedex. She scanned Pikachu with it before retorting.
“They’re not native to Unova, y’know.”
“Aw right, ah’ll hiv tae call oon ‘im ‘n ask ‘im.” Skye patted the small Pokémon on the head. “Altaria shouldnae be dat hard tae find since dey ir extremely rare here.”
He blinked at Rebecca’s confused expression.
Chu twitched his ears at Rebecca as she reached out a hand towards him. He sniffed at the hand before placing a forepaw on it in a…handshake? Or was it a pawshake?
“That’s fine.”
…how adorable. Rebecca gently shook the Pikachu’s paw, looking at Skye for a moment.
“Would you mind at all if I recorded this one in my Dex? There’s no Pokemon like this one in Unova…”
“It’d be nae problem, Pigeon might be auld, but he’s a gifted flyer.” Skye grinned as he heard a patter of paws coming from a Pokémon-only entrance.
A long crooked yellow tail poked out before a small electric rodent hopped onto the desk.
“Came tae gae me company, Chu?” The Pikachu chimed a happy ‘cha’ before looking at Rebecca.
“I guess… If they don’t mind being smushed into fluff, then by all means-”
Rebecca’s eyes went wide as she blinked at the Pikachu.
“Ah… Hello?”
The rather awkward woman held out a thin hand to the new Pokemon to see how it would react to her.
“Most eh da woodland aroon’ here is actually part eh oor property, we just leave it fur da Pokémon tae be mare comfortable. So, ah could ask wan eh ma father’s Pokémon tae scout fur ‘im ‘n brin’ ‘im here.”
“Ah, that’s alright. I’d actually let him rest, he’s fussy when he’s moved…”
In more honest terms, the fussy Altaria would bury the poor woman in his fluff until further notice.
“And I actually didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool.”
Caitlin was still going to rip Rebecca a new one no matter what she said.
Skye wasn’t the greatest at geography, but Unova was hundreds of miles away. This woman must have flown over the ocean on whatever Pokémon she had.
“…mind if ah ask wit Pokémon yae flew oon? It must be very tired if it carried you such a long way.”
“A-Altaria… I let him rest in a forest nearby… All I did was take a nap on the way to somewhere I needed to go, why’d he drop me off in between Johto and Kanto…? Caitlin is going to rip me a new one, I just know it.”
Rebecca leaned on the desk, looking worried for her own health.
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