Zane laughed as well when he heard the other trainer's reaction to his theory. "You call it paranoid, I call it survival skills." Thinking that way had gotten Zane out of several sticky situations. It had come so naturally to him now, he didn't even think about it anymore, his brain just automatically reacted that way to bad situations, and situations that seemed too good to be true.<br/><br/>Zane pondered for a moment as they walked. "I don't know. If we train now and are being watched, they'll know what to expect when they come for us. It might be better if we just go to the hotel. If we get through the night without anyone showing up, then we can train tomorrow."<br/><br/>When Jayce mentioned knowing about Lucario's and their Aura abilities, Zane and Lucario's eyes met for a second. "Well, you learn a lot from them when you travel with one for so long." He wasn't saying everything though. Zane had the ability to use Aura himself, like the Aura Guardians had in the old legends. He kept this fact to himself though. He had only known Jayce for a few hours, and besides, Zane was only beginning to get a grip on his abilities. They weren't much use outside of him communicating telepathically with Lucario. Maybe it was high time he studied Aura more seriously, once they got through this...<br/><br/>Zane nodded at Jayce's suggestion about sharing a room. "That's a good idea. I don't mind sharing. And I think you underestimate yourself. Your pokemon seemed to be doing just fine against mine back in the Ice Path, befoe we were interrupeted." He looked at Jayce as they walked. "Also, something else occured to me. If we are attacked in the middle of the night, I'm not so sure it will be done by those two we saw in the Ice Path. Maybe the smaller one, but I can't picture that giant Nidoking pulling off a stealthy attack" he said, chuckling at the thought. "Still, it might be though, just something I thought might be good to keep in mind."<br/><br/>Zane looked ahead, and saw that they had arrived at the hotel. "Well, I guess I'll go into the possibly boogey-trapped hotel first." he said, trying to lighten the mood a bit. As he and Lucario walked up to the doors of the building, he began speaking to Lucario telepathically.<br/><br/><em>"Sense anything out of the ordinary?"</em><br/>The blue jackal-like pokemon shook his head.<em>No, not yet. Be on alert though.</em><br/><br/>Zane nodded, opened the doors, stepped inside, and looked around. Like Lucario said, nothing seemed wrong or out of place. Not yet, at least.