[i]"But you,"[/i] Mabel said, looking at the winged Charmander, [i]"Do you like warm weather?"[/i] she got up to scoop up some of the earth and grass and put it elsewhere, so there was enough room where Charcoal could rest his tail. She smiled when she saw how happy Ixia was and she lay down on the grass again.

Mindy looked around and checked some of the clothes. She noticed Gavin was looking at the dress shirts. A good choice, a bit formal perhaps, but there was nothing wrong with that. Her fingers brushed the fabric of some shirts as she walked past them. "What about this?" she said as she pulled out a green one.

When Fez didn't look at the door anymore, a Meloetta snuck in. She hid between some clothes and watched Gavin from a distance. 

[i]"Every day,"[/i] Bear commented when Jycii asked her question. [i]"Soon he'll defeat me in hand-to-hand combat!"[/i]
[i]"I doubt that,"[/i] Lytse muttered.
Bear looked up when Andy joined them. "Bear, why don't you stay here and protect Michael while I'm gone. You know I'll go to the library and you'll just be bored there."
Bear nodded.
"Great! Kim, you're with me. And Benny..." He saw the Butterfree pointing at Lytse. "Okay. I'll have Kim, Varina and Merlin with me." He heard Bear huff at the mention of Varina. "Be kind, Bear." He stroke the fur on the top of his head. "I won't be long."
He walked back to where Michael and Niccia were and picked up the keystone of Varina, his Furret followed him. "Let's go, Varina," he said, tapping on the keystone. "We have heroic reading to do!" He turned to Michael. "I'm going to check the newspapers, see what I can learn there."

Michael's look saddened and he nodded. When he had come to Kanto it had been to explore the region and when he had met Niccia he really had wanted to go with her and help her. But when they had arrived at Goldenrod and he had that long talk with his uncle to explain what he had done and who Niccia was, that's when he had told him about the disappearance of his father. He hoped his uncle would discover something useful.