[There's a visible flinch when the door opens, Komasan turns away in hopes Chihiro doesn't catch that yet again he reacted. So close...]
M-Monge...
[He says it under his breath, as if to get it out of his system.
Ao looks over at the two, one of her own ears twitching as she wonders what the big deal is. Neither of them are scary, her trainer has literally no reason to be afraid. And yet...there he is, frozen in mid-flinch because he can't control his emotions.]
[Ao beams when she hears that, standing up just a little straighter on her back legs.]
I-I know she's a Pokemon, but most Pokemon... I can tell what animal they're supposed to be, zura... I...I'm not sure what Ao-chan is, s-so I thought I'd ask you, zura.
[Surely there's a real world counterpart to...um, spiky blue thing.
Oh dear god, did he just catch Sonic the hedgehog?]
[Action]
M-Monge...
[He says it under his breath, as if to get it out of his system.
Ao looks over at the two, one of her own ears twitching as she wonders what the big deal is. Neither of them are scary, her trainer has literally no reason to be afraid. And yet...there he is, frozen in mid-flinch because he can't control his emotions.]
A-Ah...I mean...yeah, zura! S-She's cute, right, zura?
[Ao beams when she hears that, standing up just a little straighter on her back legs.]
I-I know she's a Pokemon, but most Pokemon... I can tell what animal they're supposed to be, zura... I...I'm not sure what Ao-chan is, s-so I thought I'd ask you, zura.
[Surely there's a real world counterpart to...um, spiky blue thing.
Oh dear god, did he just catch Sonic the hedgehog?]