One of her eyebrows arched up, following the movement of her arms, that crossed at the elbows and rested informally against her chest. She pushed up her shades and sniffed importantly. "I was merely scared that your parents would come and kill me, or have me locked up somewhere for getting you killed. I could care less about the dangers of this road." Her foot tapped it with bravery, even going so far as to sit sprawled out on the ground, close to the tall grass. Rasca lifted up her shades to get a better view of the pokeballs. Whistling with admiration, she had to hand it to him for being so sneaky about how he started up the adventure. 

A few words stood out to her as she thought of the possibility of going out along Route 22. She could already guess who would be getting the male Nidoran. Her head tipped backwards as she listened, nodding along to his descriptions of their personalities. Poison was an admirable trait to have, it usually made battles against higher powered pokemon more easy to win. Once he was done explaining things to her, she would have to make sure they had brought along antidote in case of an accident, or for a battle zone. 

Rasca pulled her gaze toward Leon, as his shoes made noise on the ground past where she was sitting. Her thoughts wandered a bit when he talked about the female nidoran, but collected themselves when the poke pellet was placed down. [i]'Leon is actually serious, 
about doing this. Wow.'[/i]
Out loud, but quiet enough not to spook the Nidoran that was going to make an appearance, Rasca asked him a question.
"Since we're gonna find my companion along the way, how do i protect myself from all the rest of the pokemon around here?" 

She knew it would be interesting to see him answer, as he might come to the conclusion that she would have to fight pokemon like a hitmonlee. Of course there was the other option of Leon's pokemon protecting her, but not even their friendship worked out that way. Rasca was reminded of his gesture earlier, and she rubbed her arm subconsciously. Then with the appearance of his smile, and the combination of the Nidoran's happiness, she took the opportunity to pat Leon on the back. Remaining calm as he had subversively instructed her to do. [i]'As if i wouldn't be completely at ease with a pokemon like that.'[/i] Her pride in confidence struck a chord, making her stand up to receive some hidden glory from the sun. She didn't want to interrupt their bonding time, as it was important, so she merely sat close to both Leon and the Nidoran. 

Taking her shades off her nose and into the bag she carried, Rasca grinned back at Leon. Playfully, she gave him a thumb's up and acted like she was some wise sage, who had taught him everything he knew. "You did very well, young one. I'm rather impressed at your ability to get a Nidoran so quickly." Snickering, and squatting down beside him, Rasca watched and wondered what this particular pokemon felt like. It looked so rough and pointy, that it had to feel like some kind of hard stone. Instead of asking to pet it, she poked the pocket that held the pokeballs. "Are you gonna catch it or what?" An amused look on her face took the bite from her words.