Margo's ears perked as Dan began to retell the battle, her brows knitting together as she heard the words coming from his mouth. 'Why is he lying about the battle? It's not like I didn't realize what I was getting into...' She thought to herself, squinting at her hands on the counter as she waited for her pokemon to be given back to her. Dan joined her at the counter now, the Chansey on duty grabbing his pokeballs before turning cheerily to hand them to the nurse.

He continued talking, asking her questions and complimenting her pokemon. She appreciated the kindness, and she was sure his intentions were genuinely nice but it was coming off... differently to Margo. She felt like he was protecting her from judgement from Indy, which of all things she really didn't need that. [color=mediumseagreen][b]"Hey, look,"[/b][/color] Margo paused, taking her pokeballs back from the nurse--she had put Crowne back in his ball at this point--and looked at Dan with sad eyes but a smile on her face. She was trying to not sound angry about this, but she was confused as to why he was lying for her. [color=mediumseagreen][b]"I appreciate what you're doing, I do, but I'm not upset about the battle. I don't think I did too bad, for someone who had never battled with another trainer as of yet... I did at least make one of your pokemon faint, and I'm proud of that. You don't have to lie about it for me, let alone lying to In--him."[/b][/color] Margo gave Dan's arm a friendly squeeze, hopefully conveying that she wasn't as emotional about the battle as he seemed to think she was.

Margo returned her pokeballs to her belt, bringing her shirt over them and moving towards the table Indy had been napping at. [color=mediumseagreen][b]"What time does the boat leave again? And how long is the boat ride? I'm curious if I'll be able to do any sketches on the way to Kanto of the sea.."[/b][/color] Margo's voice trailed, trying to distract herself from her own frustrations.