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"Bet!" Penny cheered, pumping a fist in the air before climbing onto Sophie's shoulder, happy to be along for the ride.

Meanwhile, Liam raised a brow at the younger of the two redheads and her decision to keep the Panpour. He'd been holding back on reaching out to Sophie, always remembering her original mission and why she had joined Skyva in the first place. Since her outing, he'd been more than wary of her advances, sensing her change in demeanor and attitude. Yet, he still didn't accept it. Not completely anyway. He kept his distance, letting Skyva deal with her. In fact, he barely said two words to her on the weekly. He did keep his eye on her and how she moved in their group. She never tried anything.

However, Liam did notice she was one PokeBall short as of three months ago, not even a few days after they took on this job. And that also unsettled him.

The Cinccino felt a hand run through his fur and he jerked automatically, "Ey! It's fine!" he protested in regard to cleaning his fur, "And I think we should go ahead and report back to Chuck. If Sophie's gonna keep pain in the booteaux over there, we should probably report that we couldn't find him."

"You talk a mad game for someone who can't reach a ladder," Penny retorted hotly.

Liam glared back, "Keep talking and I find a bigger building to toss you off of."

That shut him up.

"Anyway," he went on, "It's best if Sophie doesn't follow us in there until she finds a PokeBall to stick him in. So you and I will go and get our next assignment."