Snippet #1358

[Alice Liddael] Kyle blinked his light grey eyes at the girl who approached him, still smiling. The Swinub squeaked and tried to escape, but he held it too firmly for such antics. Sighing, he looked down at the Pokemon. "Yeah, that's my Swinub. My baby Swinub."

He, too, was curious. But first he answered her questions, not wanting to intrude too rudely. "Oh, I've definiely been on the road for a while. I'm just passing through." He pointed to his right hip, where three Pokeballs sat. "This Swinub's only my newest addition. I also own a Jinx and a Cloyster." He chuckled, thinking back just a bit. "I was just Surfing south of here, down around the Whirl Island and even a bit further in the Orange Islands, trying to find a Water Stone to evolve my Cloyster from Shellder. It worked."

Tucking a flyaway tuft of hair back into the rest of the blue mass, he asked, "So... which way are you and Pikachu headed? I'm assuming north, but where from there? Johto or Pewter City?" He liked Alice. She was outgoing and nice. Plus her Pikachu was cute.