That's good to hear. [ It would be very disheartening to learn of Ashley getting into trouble when others, like Yang, were days out. Talk about being useless... ]

Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm honestly not worried about myself or my, uh.... "Growlithe"?

[ She leaned away from the 'Gear a moment. ] Hm. We gotta get you a name, buddy. I can't just keep calling you rowdy.

....unless. You know. You like it? [ Is that a happy growl? Yang doesn't get Pokémon body language, but it can't be so different from dog language. ]