(quick)<br/><br/>Eleyna felt slightly indignant when Susan implied that she needed to relax, making her purse her lips further and give a sidelong look at the bamboo shoots along the path. She took a little breath then clasped her fingers together and stretch them before her, looking back at Susan to knock that awkwardness hanging in the air around them.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">So... You said your mom was a ranger?</span>She nodded a little as they passed the shrine.<span style="color: blue">My mom was a trainer. She retired when I was born... I guess I grew up with her telling me stories about her exciting adventures. She always made it sound so...</span>She ran her hands along her hips  and clasped them behind her back as she tried to think of the word.<span style="color: blue">I don't know.</span><br/><br/>They came to the edge of the forest and could see the village below, beyond the rice patties. The festival ground was strewn with piles of timber. The two girls directed themselves off the path across the field toward the grounds and villagers at work.<span style="color: blue">Coming here was supposed to be the start of my journey... but it hasn't been anything like the stories my mom told me. And, I guess that's just the difference... you know? Between the dream and what's real.</span><br/><br/>She chuckled a little.<span style="color: blue">Turns out being a Pokemon nerd doesn't help training them!</span>She chuckled a little more then sighed a little too genuinely.<span style="color: blue">Wish someone had told me that.</span><br/><br/>They approached the festival grounds where the villagers were hard at work, though there was a sense of the work winding down as the day grew late. Brollem and several other men were carrying a long smooth log across the field while the old gym owner's Machoke brought his sturdy arm down on wooden stakes driving them into the ground while Primape huffed beneath his thick fur as he was directed by one of the women in moving boxes about. Graveler sat like an immovable boulder while several of the villagers propped a standing log against him for support as they moved it.<br/><br/>The older woman that had provided Susan with lodging waved, pleased to see her at last. Curiously the village matriarch Kaiyo was no where to be seen. Eleyna was reminded of their arrival when she saw a boat at the beach being prepared to take the near dead trainer to the hospital that had been mentioned.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>