Naomi nods,<span style="color: #6495ED">"A Farfetch'd. Though I don't know if it was worth it. 'Tai's pretty beat up, hurt. I mean, he's not in absolute need of a healing center, but I.. I forgot to get potions. Or berries. Or anything to help him recover. 'Tai's important to me, he's been my companion for years. And I just risked his life in order to capture a duck. A crazy duck. With a leek."</span><br/><br/>She sighs, looking up into the sky.<span style="color: #6495ED">"Worse, I did it reflexively. Like this was just another League battle with rules and a referee. He could have died, and it would have been my fault. So now I have an angry bird with a stick and my best friend is hurt. It makes me think, you know? I'd rather have him out here with me, but he'd be hurting too much."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #6495ED">"That got me thinking. We're not in League territory. We're facing wild pokemon, ones that haven't ever been exposed to people. It's actual wild territory. We don't know what's out there. Maybe we shouldn't be chasing things alone, because... it's not like we can depend on coming across other travelers or people just hiking. We might not even see another person for weeks once we get more than a couple day's walk out of town."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>