"Thanks, you know I do feel safer." It wasn't a lie, Sean did feel calmer now he'd stepped off the boat, dry land was reassuring; he'd made it. Though he still couldn't quite work out this ranger, maybe she was just naturally inquisitive? Or [i]intuitive[/i] he couldn't help thinking. He needed to be more careful, couldn't match that suspicious person profile. "Sorry I feel a bit silly now, worrying about some trouble in a different region. The Rorie Islands are pretty crime free I suppose?" 

"No that's fine." Sean was kicking himself for not thinking up a less conspicuous story beforehand, he'd ran off the same day as the robbery...didn't exactly look great. "I guess you could say that." He decided the best lies had a grain of truth in them. "We do, The Indigo Plateau. It's actually renowned for being one of the toughest leagues there is, some of the best trainers in the world came from there...but." He paused, not wanting to get too worked up incase he said too much. "Thing in Kanto is, it's all about how strong you are, all it's ever about. Prominent trainers and gym-leaders get praised so much you'd think they ruled the place. Everyone is trying to get you to run this same race that not everyone is good at. And the moment anyone tries to change that, do things differently, stand up to the status-quo..." Sean trailed off looking back over the sea.

"I guess I came all the way out here, to escape sure, but to see if there was another way to do things. I want to get strong, but I want to do it my way." [i]And when I do go back, there'll be hell to pay.[/i]