Taaryn smiled at Faith's comment, as awkward as it may have come across. He had spoken to her enough to realize she sometimes had a bit of trouble finding the right words. "Thanks Faith, I appreciate it. You look" He paused for a moment, trying to find a the right words. She looked the same as always, her nose in her work. "Dedicated, as usual."<br/><br/>“Yeah... so we’re finishing school, huh?” He heard Gary say and he turned to face him. “Getting our first Pokemon. It- it’ll be great.”<br/><br/>He went to placed a friendly pat on Gary's back as he responded,  assuming the young man was speaking to him. "Great? This day marks our embark into the real world!" He was obviously excited, and was honestly just glad to have someone to talk to. Gary might be awkward, possibly even more so that Faith, but the both of them had always come across as nice people to him. The Giovanni girl reminded him of everything his father represented, not to mention she could come off as slightly, well, rude. Eric was just a tough guy, so he tried to keep his distance. No reason to go looking for trouble, after all. These two, though, were nice people in his eyes. He had no idea that Gary harbored a distaste for him, assuming he was just shy.