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"Nah, it's alright, cuz." Toren said with a heavy sigh as he looked up from his soup finally. "I had screwed up big time, yo, twice. I know none of the others, Sub especially, would believe me but I do feel bad about it. I know no amount of apologizing would make things right, and they could never trust me again but I am sorry about what I did."

"I betrayed them, yo." He said rather bluntly, putting his spoon down and calling the waitress over for the check, he didn't feel like eating anymore. "Twice in fact. Money and power are powerful motivators cuz, they'll make you do things you never dreamed you would, yo." He sighed.

"Maybe, cuz." Toren sighed. "I did try to make amends, in a way, by handing over that wacky gadget to Sub and you guys. Expansion Suit I think it's called. I mean, I didn't expect to be let back in over that, yo, just thought it would at least show that I ain't so bad."

Toren would just give Keiko a little nod and a smile before the waitress came over. Toren would promptly pay and bill for both of them and immediately after made his way out. After crossing a few more bridges and heading down another ladder the two were back on the ground on the other side of Fortree City heading eastward.

"So, according to the map we just got east a little bit, then down south and east again and the next city we'll come across is Lilycove. We're almost there, yo." Toren would finally speak again once they were back on the ground.

"Ain't it, yo?" Toren said with a chuckle. Their quaint walk would be interrupted however as they heard a woman screaming from some really tall grass up ahead. The grass was so high that it would be impossible to see the woman if not for the umbrella. "What's going on!?" The man shouted as he began to run towards the grass, only to trip and fall into a mud puddle.

As for the woman inside the grass she would currently be trying to fight off a Seviper, swatting at it with her umbrella though it didn't seem to be helping much.

The Psychic would come down upon the Seviper out of nowhere, the snake reeling from the powerful blow. The sneak attack would be more than enough to cause the Seviper to get startled and flee, the snake slipping away deeper into the tail grass. No meal was worth this.

"I'll help yo-" Toren began to shout as he ran through the grass and up to the woman, Ultra Ball in hand but the Seviper was gone. "You okay, babe?" He asked the woman.

Finally putting her parasol down the woman would put a hand on her chest and try to catch her breath, once she did she would smile at the Xatu above and give it a little wave before turning back to Toren. "I'm alright, thank you."

"Was that your Pokemon that saved me?" The parsol welding woman asked Keiko as she approached her. "Thank you so much! I had gotten separated from my Roselia after this weird pink tentacle thing came out of nowhere and snatched her away. I chased after my poor Roselia and that's when I came across that Seviper. Oh I hope my poor little Viola is okay."

Toren just listened to the lady, a little more concerned with trying to get this mud off him and wringing his jacket out.

"Pink tentacle? Might not be a tentacle, yo. Maybe it was like, a tail or a tongue or something." Toren suggested, not realizing that he was on the right track with one of those options.

"Well either way, I'm safe now but my little Roselia isn't. Can you help me find her? I can't search for her in the grass without a Pokemon myself." She pled the pair. Toren just looked at Keiko, putting her on the spot to give an answer as the woman too looked at her.