"Eeeeh...?" Eleyna gave Naomi a long stare.<br/><br/>In all honesty the thought had never once even so much as crossed Eleyna's mind. There was only one way to capture Pokemon, after all. And that was to battle them, to win, and capture them!<br/><br/>Wasn't it?<br/><br/>Squatting down beside Rhyhorn, Eleyna followed Naomi's suggestion and pointed her Pokedex at him. It came up with an empty entry, a first encounter for the handheld database. She braced her arms across her knees and watched the Rhyhorn. It certainly seemed inappropriate to start a fight with him now. But as she watched the Rhyhorn pleasantly enjoying his lunch, Eleyna set her chin on her arms and her eyebrow rose quizzically. Noami was completely right, connecting with her Pokemon, forming the bonds of companionship and trust... that was the heart of Pokemon training!<br/><br/>"Well..." Eleyna mumbled, flustered, "I don't... I mean..."<br/><br/>She gave Naomi a look and saw that her friend had her Drowzee waiting. With a bewildered look Eleyna lifted the brim of her hat and scratched her scalp.<br/><br/>"I guess, sure. What does he want, Somnificent?"<br/><br/>With the Pokemon's psychic powers, Drowzee stepped forward, obliging Naomi's will to help. With his narrow gaze set upon the armored Pokemon, his hands lifted, drifting up and down in asymmetry. Penetrating into the Rhyhorn's very mind, Drowzee found a desire which rose above all others, reaching into its very dreams! It beheld the will of a Pokemon gourmand who had scoured the land for finest berry bushes, one of which had just recently been incidentally uprooted.<br/><br/>Eleyna, nervous, glanced between the Drowzee and the Rhyhorn. The whole process seemed upside down to her and bizarre, as she'd never so much as considered the notion of<i>charming</i>a Pokemon. But even so, there was an excited prickle along the back of her neck and down her arms as she waited. She knew Pokemon wanted to get stronger, just like people did. But did they want other things too...? She pondered the things she wanted other than to be a good trainer.<br/><br/>Her eye twinged as her mind came up blank. She liked watching battles, but that was all just the same thing! She frowned intently as she dug through her brain. Surely there was<i>something</i>else she liked, or even that she wanted. People had all kinds of things like that, didn't they? Oh, she thought, clothes! Her eyes widened. That must be it, she liked clothes! Looking at boots and shorts, thinking about which ones would be the best for training! Her frown returned.<br/><br/>Food? She looked at the rations meant to make treks easier. She'd picked them because they'd be the best for going exploring for Pokemon to catch. Movies, then? She rubbed the back of her neck as she thought about all of her favorites. They were all about Pokemon training. She thought about all the places she'd been so far on Yugen. But they'd all been about trying to be a trainer.<br/><br/>And then her mind tip-toed into a thought which involved sweaty boys without shirts, their muscles gleaming in the sun. Her eyes widened suddenly and her face turned red. She gave her head a shake and awkwardly looked up at the cavern ceiling.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>