Max remained very still as the tiny pokemon snatched the treat and quickly ate it. He had a hard time discerning whether or not the pokemon liked it. It was a species he was unfamiliar with. Duke lay on the ground nearby, eying the Pikachu with a sleight air of jealousy, and obediently attempting not to scare the creature. Though, as near as Max could tell, the large dog pokemon didn't worry the Pikachu in the least. It was very careful of him, however.<br/><br/>Max took a knee, looking the pokemon over.<br/><br/>"Healthy," he said, suppressing the urge to touch it. The pikachu seemed content not to run away, for the moment, and Max considered himself lucky for the opportunity to observe it. He didn't much about it, but it seemed to be in good health for the average wild pokemon.<br/><br/>Max seriously contemplated trying to capture it, but it seemed to him that it was much happier living in the wild, he would be. Maybe there were more of them around that constituted a family group. He sighed audibly, it would have been such an easy decision years before. Capture it and train it. Now he was conflicted; Max had spent the better part of a year releasing or giving away pokemon he didn't have time to give attention to.<br/><br/>He sighed and looked up at the sunlight peaking through the dense canopy of the forest. "If I were you, I would be happy here too," he said, shrugging his backpack off his shoulders slowly.<br/><br/>"It's okay," he said, unzipping the bag and rooting around for something. He found what he was looking for immediately, a nature bar.<br/><br/>It consisted of oats, nuts and some fruit, they were jokingly referred to as 'pokemon food' because they lacked the complex flavors that the human pallet craved. Max carefully crushed it up in the wrapper, before unwrapping it and dumping large chunks of it on the ground for the pikachu.<br/><br/>"This might be better for you," he told it.<br/><br/>Max sat down on the ground, content to just be. "What do you think, Duke?"<br/><br/>Duke chuffed in reply, and went to sleep.<br/><br/>"Lazy," he commented.