Snippet #1296

(Hey, ReEvolution. Can you change your posts to third person? If you don't want to edit it out of the first one, that's fine, but just post in third from now on. Thanks! Anyway, you can chose to interact with any of these people, or ignore them completely. Also, pick a number between 1 and 10.)

As Alice walked confidently toward the exit of Pallet Town, a boy of roughly seventeen years was stooped in front of a small bush. She could barely make out the sound of him saying, "Come on, buddy. You can trust me! There's no danger here." His shaggy blue hair brushed his long nose as he attempted to coax a nervous-looking Swinub from the cover of the bush.

Only a few yards away stood another pair. "Mom, we've done this before. I'm just passing through." The tall girl brushed her long brown hair out of her face and hugged her the shorter woman, who appeared to be crying. "I'll be back before long." At her feet ran a young Growlithe, yapping and chasing some kind of airborne insect. "Growlithe, cut it out!"