Alex gave Ryan a cutting look, which was returned in kind along with an obscene finger gesture, before trying and failing to knock himself out with the button on the pokéball. He disappeared as Ryan walked over to Mia, placed the incubator on the ground, and hugged her from behind. It wasn't her fault he was so untrusting. She just happened to trigger one of his coping mechanisms for idiots. He forced himself to be empathetic and led Mia into a small hallway that led to his room.<br/><br/>"Listen, I forgive you." He spoke, making her look at him as he fought to break his desertive habit, "It's just hard for me to trust people when they apologize to me because I automatically think that they are lying to me. I'm trying to believe you because I know you wouldn't lie to me without a legitimate reason."<br/><br/>Sensing the darkness he was feeling vanish with a pop, he held her as he cursed himself for hurting her with his idiotic reaction to her. Why did he do that? He had little idea but it would work on changing it. Especially if he wanted to marry Mia. Wait, when the hell did marriage enter the equation?!<br/><br/>Eve started sniffing Fenny as she circled her. She'd become curious with regard to the fox Pokémon. Having never seen a pokémon like her before, her adventurous, if not mischievous, nature was kicking in. She touched her on the flank and bolted up into the loft, ducking into one of the many numerous hiding spots up there in an attempt to play. She had the advantage of living up here so she could appear anywhere up there if she moved around.