[i]"I love potato salad!"[/i]

Andreas' gaze drifted between his plate, Lily and the potato salad. He squinted as he thought about it carefully for a moment before shaking his head, figuring he'd get through what he had piled up already at least. [i]“You must be hungry. I hope you can handle that much food.”[/i] He'd caught her looking at his plate but his eyes slowly met with the ground between his feet as he was sure they'd made eye contact, if only briefly. At that moment, the trainer's stomach let off a loud growling noise, his sigh was followed by a quaint laugh, "Yeah, I suppose I was pretty hungry - huh?" Catching the Pokémon at Lily's side he brightened up, "Oh wow." He proclaimed in a semi-excited tone, "A Nidorina, I've never seen one outside the daycare before." Andreas paused and collected himself before asking Lily, "How long has it been with you?"

The trainer walked with his new acquaintance to where they could sit and eat. He'd unearthed that she too was a competitor in the tournament, he also couldn't help but notice her social side. Looking around, Andreas noticed there were a lot of trainers here, most if not all to compete he was sure of it. There were some strong Pokémon here too, some Andreas had never even heard of let alone seen in the flesh. The sight of all the incredible Pokémon brought him to the conclusion that it was time to feed his own, Andreas almost never ate without his Pokémon and vice versa. Placing his own plate of food down and releasing them one by one from there respective balls; Bulbasaur, Abra, Graveler, Poliwag, Pidgey and Sandslash all spoke for food. "You guys sure are hungry..." He mumbled as he rummaged through his rucksack, retrieving the separate packets of homemade Pokémon food - one of his uncle's specialties. 

Andreas proceeded to give portions to each of his Pokémon, looking to Lily while she wasn't quite watching him. He took note of her appearance, she was pretty but he wouldn't let this get in the way of his chances at winning the tournament. "How do you see yourself ranking?" He asked, a thin smile as he continued arranging his Pokémon food.