<span style="font-style: italic">“I see…”</span>Magearna said thoughtfully. “Do not worry. Mai will take good care of you, I’m sure of it. Miss Seiren, too. They won’t let anything bad happen,”[/i] she told him earnestly.<span style="font-style: italic">“There is always hope,”</span>she assured him.<br/><br/>Mai had her attention split between the interaction Yūrei with having with Magearna and the conversation between Seiren and Jenka. She couldn’t tell exactly what was happening between her Pokémon and the young man, but it really did seem like there was some sort of understanding between them. It was interesting to say the least.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Seiren smiled at Kenka’s enthusiastic response to her agreement to travel with them. “Well, it’s never boring to travel with us, either, so this should be fun!” she replied, wondering what sort of adventures they might have.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“Yes, it was nice to speak with you, Yūrei,”</span>Magearna replied to him, circling him once more as she stood, before she returned to Mai’s side. Mai smiled at her, “Welcome back,” she said before looking up at Yūrei, “Alright. Sleep well. It was nice to meet you,” she waved good night to him before stretching herself.<br/><br/>“Good night!” Seiren waved, “And thanks for the curry. It really was delicious,” she smiled before he went into his tent. She tilted her head to watch as the Pokémon followed after him, grinning and waving at the Misdreavous as it greeted them.<br/><br/>“Hmm?” her attention turned back to Kenka when he spoke again, apologizing for his friend being so shy. “That’s alright. I used to be shy, too, but you can’t really stay that way with five brothers,” she laughed lightly, waving it off.<br/><br/>“No need to apologize. Everyone is different, after all. And I think Magearna was quite happy to meet him, so that’s good enough for me,” she smiled, looking over at Magearna, who bounced just a little, as if to agree with the sentiment. Mai giggled a little before falling backwards onto the grass, “Honestly, I’m pretty tired, too,” she admitted.<br/><br/>“That’s because you aren’t used to all this trekking. You need to work on your cardio,” Seiren teased, a playful twinkle in her eye.<br/><br/>“Maybe, or perhaps you’re just exhausted,” Mai shot back, the small smile that tugged at her lips giving away that she was joking.<br/><br/>“Yeah, yeah. That’s probably true,” Seiren shrugged, smirking as she did. “Alright, I’ll set up the tent for you, princess,” she said, stretching before she stood, glanced around to choose a spot, and then went about getting the tent set up. While she did this, Mai went about gathering the dishes and tidying up the campsite.<br/><br/>It didn’t take her long, the ease with which she assembled it giving away how many times she had done this. When she had finished, she plopped herself back down on the ground where she had been sitting before. “There you go,” she said, putting her hands on the ground behind her and leaning back against them.<br/><br/>“Thank you. What would I do without you, my knight in shining armor?” Mai teased her friend as she stood. “Not much,” Seiren teased right back with a playful smirk.<br/><br/>“Yeah, yeah,” Mai waved off the comment. “I’m going to go ahead and turn in. It was nice to meet you, Kenka. Goodnight, both of you. Don’t stay up too late,” she smiled, waving as she headed off towards the tent with all of her Pokémon in tow. Most of them followed her inside, but her Alolan Ninetales curled up outside the tent, watching the two of them with an intelligent gaze.<br/><br/>“Good night,” Seiren waved to her friend. “No promises!” she called back when she was told not to stay up too late. She moved to lay back in the grass, moving her arms to rest behind her head like a pillow as she stared up at the sky for a short time before looking over at Kenka.<br/><br/>“So, where did you two come from, anyways? And what made you come to Gallar?” she asked curiously. She had about a million different questions she wanted to ask, as it was her nature to be inquisitive, but she decided to hold back on most of them for the moment, anyways.