Yuri listened to the man talk.  He sounded calm, polite, and caring.  Not like Marissa, very not like her indeed.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:pink">"Do I have a... Of course I have a name!  What do I look like, a savage?"</span>She looked over her current appearance and concluded that she probably, indeed, looked like a savage.  The simple thought of it brought the slightest of blushes to her cheek.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:pink">"My name is Yuri.  Yours is Thomas, you said?  What a simple name."</span>She huffed and turned away from him, crossing her arms over her chest.  She noticed the head of one of his companions she'd seen earlier, the Houndour girl in the store.  Yuri thrust her arms to her side and began walking over that way.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:pink">"As far as when you hand them out, I don't particularly mind.  But don't expect any favors from me until then, got it?"</span>She cast her new trainer a casual and quick glance over her shoulder. Yuri couldn't help but find herself wondering about him.  He didn't seem overly wealthy, so why  was he here?  All the other trainers had money to spare, Marissa included.  Why did he seem so different?<span class="fixed-color" style="color:pink">"So, what's the team looking like, anyway?  I know you have a Houndour and a Croagunk, what're they like?"</span>The Sylveon was more than happy to assume he didn't have any other partners, otherwise they'd be together right?  Most trainers and Guardians were joined at the hip, after all.