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[i]Perna Rockwood[/i][/center]
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[i]Every. Single. Time.[/i] Perna thought. She heaved a calm, quiet sigh, neatly folder her letters, and stowed them in her satchel bag. Her expression remained soft while her mind ran wild with anger.
[i]The one time I feel like being anti-social, and have a few minutes to myself, someone has to go an' ruin it. First, a bunch of rascally lil' kids try to flip my skirt, and now some blind girl with a surly bodyguard wants to chit-chat? Nuh-unh. No way! Go find some weepy bleedin' heart fella to listen to your sob story. I want none of it.[/i]

Although she'd probably regret her selfishness later, she was too peeved to feel guilty at the moment. Not that it was easy to tell. A bright, inviting smile with happy dimples in just the right places fools most everybody. Perna grew up learning the best way to hide things from her parents, especially since they rarely saw eye-to-eye on anything.

She stood up in one graceful motion--the very picture of prim and proper--put on her best smile, and greeted them all properly with a casual curtsy. "Perna Rockwood." Living in a major city for a few years allowed her to hide her rustic accent, but bits of it always leaked out. "This is one here is Brutus." She gestured to him. "We're from Saffron City as well." 

The tauros huffed grumpily behind her and stirred the hem of her dress with the wind from his nostrils. He didn't bother getting up, but glared daggers at everyone. His body was already tense after having been paraded around town all day, and he looked ready to impale someone for daring to bother him.

"Sorry, he's not in a good mood today. Too many people." 
[i]More like[/i] never [i]in a good mood...[/i]

She directed a quick, sympathetic smirk at Willis. More than anything, Perna just wanted the graduation ceremony to be over, so she could properly enjoy being a certified trainer all by herself, but she would soldier on for the time being. One more dose of healthy conversation couldn't hurt, right?