[center][h2][color=39b54a]Juana Perez[/color][/h2]
-[u]Feyhollow Town[/u]-[/center]
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“I mean you can if you want,” Juana said. “If the air’s that bothersome you can hang tight here.”

She patted Butch on the head again, and the Granbull bounded over to the little girl.

“Well, my family has a Slurpuff and an Alolan variant Raticate; Pokémon can certainly be way more than pets. Heck, the pup and the rat were practically family. Though that meant having to deal with a fat rat in my lap and sticky meringue-flavored dog kisses most days of the week!” Juana chuckled, reminiscing about her family’s Pokémon. “I guess if I keep talking I’ll run the risk of, you know, getting homesick or something. Haha!”

A thought of that did pass, but Juana thought her parents would like her getting out in the world, seeing things, making friends; she took comfort in that.

"Raticate and Slurpuff actually helped out around the house; when Mamá was making sweets, Raticate and Slurpuff would test them. Raticate made sure the ingredients were high quality, and Slurpuff helped check the end products with his sense of smell. Sometimes we'd sit together and have some candy, which really didn't do well for Raticate's weight."

Juana thought for a bit. "Slurpuff and Raticate never really [i]battled,[/i] though; people hang around Pokémon for a variety of reasons as you probably know," she continued. "There was a little bit of stigma around Raticate being A. a Raticate and B. a Dark-type Pokémon, but we didn't really care. My family treated our Pokémon as part of that family."

She thought about asking Tora about her experiences with Pokémon off the Central City farm but... the time didn't seem right.

Juana turned towards the door. "I'm gonna head to the mart now," Juana said, pointing to the doorway. "Corphish is giving Butch this weird 'fite me' kind of look."

Corphish was leering at Butch, but Butch kind of just went "meh" and curled up at the little girl's feet. Corphish snorted.

"Feel free to come if the air isn't too bothersome," Juana added.

[hider=Notes]
-TP: Post +1, HHG bonus +1; total: 33
-CP: CP +1. Total: 11
-Continued interaction with [@Silver Fox]'s character Tora.[/hider]