Eagun heard the sound of running footsteps outside his little hideout and looked at the Pokemon as it turned towards the source of the sound and twitched it's ears. "Perhaps another refugee from Cipher? Or maybe someone is looking for you." He said as he looked down at the Fire Pokemon.

Velis looked closely at the boulder and noticed the small opening Quilava had apparently climbed through and began to crawl through herself. She was able to fit through but it was a bit tight. She could feel Croconaw following closely behind her. "Quilava!" She called. "Come back here!" 

She finally managed to get through the opening and dusted herself off as she got to her feet and looked up to see a wizened old man with a long ragged beard looking down at her. He was wearing what appeared to be purple robes and her Quilava was standing next to him. As soon as it saw her though it ran over to her and nuzzled against her leg.

"Uh...Hi." Velis said awkwardly as she looked at the old man.

"Hello there young one." The man replied. "I take it the Quilava is yours?"

"Uh...Yeah." Velis said. "I'm sorry if he disturbed you. He just seemed to sense something behind the waterfall and bolted. Maybe he smelled you or something. Again, I apologize if he disturbed you."

"Nonsense." Eagun said as he sat down against the wall of the cavern and smiled sadly. "He's the most company I've had since Cipher took my wife and my own Pokemon. Come in if you wish to, As I said, I don't have often have company and I can't exactly show myself in Agate anymore."

Velis carefully sat down but before she did, she stuck her head in the hole and called out to Justine. "There's someone in here Justine! He seems nice enough." She called as she turned back to look at the Old Man.

"You've had problems with Cipher as well?" She asked.