"Same here. How did you enjoy your trip to the woods?" Kiwi
referred to their quick trip to the forest "You didn't touch the
thing, did you?" She didn't wait for an answer. "Obviously not, if
you're still alive!"
Winter's jaw had similarly dropped. "...good to know..." He thought
of that Leafeon, casually sleeping under them. "At least they're
safe if you don't touch them, right?" This got another shrug from
Kiwi.
Winter was reminded of the Leafeon. "That Leafeon went to sleep
between the two things...do you think she'd be in danger?" He asked
Kiwi, who looked thoughtful for a second.
“They did seem fine when we left...right Winter?” He asked his
friend. If the leading rescue team said it could be fine, surely
it’d ok to trust their word, right?
"Yeah. That leafeon must live in the woods...she'll know where it's
safe to take a nap." Winter shrugged, sounding uncertain, but
trying not to worry too much...
“Um...I think your friends were kinda...surprised when you took
off, pethaps you should check in on them...?” Emerald smiled
sheepishly, he did drag Winter from his fun earlier after all...
Emerald smiled. “They look oddly familiar...but from where...?” He
found himself asking himself out loud. They did look oddly
familiar...he couldn’t quite pinpoint from where though
The Zacian had dozed off, but shook himself awake when he saw he
was being approached. "Hmm?" His voice was rather rumbly, even
without speaking. The creature let out a slight yawn.
"This is Kiro." Winter nodded to the Zacian, who happened to be a
celebrity, causing Winter to be a bit more...muted, around him.
“The other one...is Roran right?” Emerald grinned as he looked at
them both. “Winter, you’re training under your heroes?” He was
happy to see how far his friend had come
"Yeah!" Winter exclaimed excitedly, waking Roran with a start. Upon
a closer look, Winter and Roran were wearing their matching fluffy
blue scarves, making them almost appear father and son, in a way.
“Look how far you’ve come...I’m really happy for you.” Emerald
smiled. “Much farther then I could ever go of course~.” He laughed.
“You’re a celebrity!”
“Well, I Know you, you’ll get there.” Emerald smiled. “Well, I
guess I have to say...have fun? I don’t quite know if being known
all over the place is all good or bad?”