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I've been doing fine! I had been traveling with a friend up until...two months ago? Now we're just staying at my house for a while to take a break.

What have you been up to? Any new technological breakthroughs for us?

Ah, not particularly...things have been a bit slow recently, but I don't mind that too much.

[He doesn't say that it's because his friends keep disappearing and it's making him slow down on actually getting things done, but.]

Right now I'm working on things for the holiday. I'm hoping to give out some eggs for Christmas again this year.

Good idea, lots of people have been coming lately. [In addition to the ones leaving...] They'd probably really appreciate the eggs, even if there's inevitably going to be a question of "how does a dog hatch from an egg?"

[Because digital pets are a new concept to a lot of people, apparently.]

Me, I'm going to be busy in the kitchen. I've got my friend's birthday coming up, and I'm going to try making macarons this year. I've never done it before, so I'll need a lot of practice.

[He nods in agreement. He's hoping to breed a good few fire types at least, since a lot of new people have to travel through snow and cold and it's just...not a good time, really.]

Oh, good luck! I hope they turn out well. And I'm sure your friend will like them, too.

Ha...well, his Smeargle will probably get to them before he has a chance to.

[Paintpuppy loves his treats.]

I'm hoping maybe once the holidays pass I can come visit you. It's been a while.

Heheh...if he's anything like Isamu is, then I would be very careful leaving those kinds of sweets around where he can get to them.

[Don't let your Pokemon get chunky like his starter did.]

I would like that. Has it been a while since you've been to Goldenrod, too?

I'm having a hard enough time keeping chocolate away from him--I know it's toxic to real dogs, I'm not sure about dog-like Pokemon. I don't want to test it, either.

[Hide getting chunky is the least of her concerns there.]

Yeah...a few months now. Have you been traveling in the mean time?

[...he hasn't thought about that. Linoone aren't dogs though, are they? They're like...weasel things.

It's probably fine.]

Not quite as much as before. I did take a quick trip to help a friend get to Ecruteak, but I haven't been anywhere since then. I'm waiting on someone who recently arrived to get to town, actually.

Haha, I haven't even been bothering with traveling, I did my time on that when I was doing my badges. I just have my Alakazam take me everywhere now if I need something in another town.

[Weasels are probably not one of the animals that react badly to chocolate.]

Who's the person? Someone from your world?

[Chihiro shakes his head a little, brushing a lock of hair behind his ear.]

It was someone I met...during one of those strange weekends, actually. They didn't remember me, but since it's been so cold lately, I wanted to make sure they reached town safely. I'm letting them borrow my Arcanine until they get here.

[Aww, that's so nice of him.]

I loaned out my Alakazam to a kid that arrived recently, too. He also doesn't remember who I am, but that's okay, as long as he wasn't caught up in the weather.

[Though Dave wasn't someone she met during fourth wall.]

I felt bad for him, guy's from Texas and it was so cold when he arrived. They don't exactly give you appropriate clothes no matter what time of the year you arrive, either. It's almost like I should start offering Flash as a shuttle to the next town over in weather like this for people that arrive...but that would probably annoy him.

I'm surprised something like that hasn't been set up in New Bark by now. It seems unfair, making people walk to the nearest town...I know there is a Ferry to Kanto, but you'd have to walk either way, right?

Yeah...

[A pause. She's thinking, that's never a good sign.]

Maybe we should set up something like that there? There's probably a ton of people that have Pokemon who can teleport all over the region, why shouldn't they be used to help out new folks?

I think something like that would be a good idea. At least during the winter months, right?

Uh-huh! When it starts getting cold and snowy like this, we can have a sign set up telling new people to wait in a certain place and times of pickup. Kinda like a bus stop.

[A bus stop ferried by freaky psychic animals.]

I could post on the network about it to see if anyone would be interested in joining up on that.

[It's fiiine. Better than freezing in the snow, isn't it?]

I would be more than willing to let some of my Pokemon help out with that. I'm not sure how many I have that would be as useful as others, but I'd like to help if I could.

Pffft, you're a nice guy, I'd never doubt that you want to help no matter what.

[She just said guy without even thinking about it.]

If they've got better dispositions than Flash, they're already much more helpful.

[Ah...Chihiro doesn't say anything either, beyond just a short pause before continuing.]

Most of them do. Chiaki and Kaze, my Abra, probably aren't as strong as Flash is, but they could help him with the Teleporting where at all possible.

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