Shadow had been quiet since Alexis had spoken to him, as a friend and partner. He nodded his agreements and had spent the rest of the journey in his thoughts whilst he watched his surroundings. Before long, they had caught up to another trainer. Male, white hair. His sharp eyes scanned over the area until they rested on a brownish orange shape amongst the tall grass. As they drew closer, the shape bounded out of the grass to stand next to her trainer, revealing itself as a rather pretty girl with 6 distinctive tails and a fiery Kimono. He was quick to identify her as a Vulpix, the overt fire theme and the fox features gave it away.

He was immediately on guard as Alexis spoke to him again, his pale blue eyes watching the pair with a steely expression. When they were finally close enough for the two trainers to speak, he watched the boy as he spoke. He narrowed his eyes slightly at the trainer, Jaden, the moment a battle was mentioned, but he didn't make a move to react because he was at least polite enough to consider the lack of medical centres in the area. He did notice the strange, pleading look he gave Vix and his mind tried to connect the dots.

[color=skyblue][i]'The way he introduced her, and that look... he's too soft. He doesn't actually have any control over her.'[/i][/color]

As he thought to himself, his eyes flicked back to the Vulpix in question. She was biting her lip, trying to hold back some kind of comment until she bowed in greeting, eliciting a raised eyebrow from the steel-ghost type unfamiliar with the tradition. It didn't take him long to find out exactly the kind of person she was after three consecutive 'accidental' slights towards him, yet he showed no external emotion. He simply found her words childish and immature, as was she. He placed his hand on Alexis's shoulder, reigning in his ghostly life drain. With his gloves, her dress and him controlling his ghostly side, Shadow managed to not drain her. Instead, he shook his head slightly, telling her not to react to it before something could happen.

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