Naomi wasn't quite as affected as Eleyna with Lydia showing off a bit. She didn't feel the desire to curl up or sink into the water, but at the same time, she wasn't about to stretch and lift and try to 'compete.'  She, like Eleyna, was firmly in the 'average' camp. Brown hair, brown / amber eyes, a modestly-sized bust, nicely proportioned but not too curvy. Though Lydia's diffuse compliment still brought a little blush to her cheeks, even if she felt the comment about 'curves' was directed more to Aisha.<br/><br/>Naomi managed to keep her reaction off her face as Lydia responded with, well, the bog-standard unimaginative line about pokemon being at their best only with trainers, and trainers only being valuable in combination with pokemon. A sentiment which was true in civilized, tamed regions, with the expressed inherent value judgment, but was entirely useless in wild Yugen.<br/><br/><span style="color: #6495ED">"I'd say that 'pokemon are at their best when paired with a trainer' is only true where 'best' means 'under control and not disruptive to human civilization' as a desired state. As for 'Tai, he knows to behave in public. He's playful, and mischievous, but usually polite in company. And yes, if you're just talking about his, um, breed, he's rare. A relative of mine who was a more accomplished trainer than I am, found him and gave him to me for my birthday years ago. It'd be more accurate to say we're companions than that I'm his trainer."</span><br/><br/>'Tai preened at all the attention, spreading his finned 'ears' out a bit and trying to look suave and debonair.<br/><br/>She was about to reply further when one of the women of the village entered, bearing towels and yukata, the simpler form of the kimono. At least Naomi hoped they were yukata; putting on a kimono was a long, tedious process that she was only half-familiar with.<br/><br/><span style="color: #6495ED">"Okagesama de. Hajimemashite, oba-san."</span>Naomi tried to reply politely, smiling as she tried not to mangle her greeting too badly. And the information imparted in those hushed tones made her blush and squirm, ducking her head slightly in a display of shyness.<span style="color: #6495ED">"Uh, uh, um. W-well, if you could use a bit of help later, I'd like to. At least to learn about this matsuri and what it's about...?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>