Sarah's lips curled upwards when Regan rolled her eyes. It wasn't her first goal in life to entertain others but it always felt good if it was well-received. Sarah never had been very social but Regan was pleasant company. She appreciated it when others were skilful, resourceful and knew what they want in life. Besides, when she would be a pokemon reseacher she would have to learn to work with others and this might be a good experience.  

Sarah nodded, she shared the sentiment to enjoy working with pokemon. It beats working with people all day. She felt a pang of annoyance when Regan mentioned 'just looking into a missing wild Onyx.' Of course it was important otherwise the professor wouldn't have asked. And it was very important to her as it was for her education. But the tone in which it was said didn't strike her haughty or something, Regan did seem to genuinely enjoy the assignment so far. And if Sarah was honest a lot of people wouldn't even bother about a pokemon. 

"You definitely have more experience than I have. I travelled and trained but I mostly studied. I quickly found out that battling just to battle wasn't my thing. I never even did the league. I travelled to the Indigo Plateau to watch the league and observe the trainers and their pokemon." Sarah sighed, "I'm good with pokemon but not a great adventurer." She glanced at Regan. "It is a good assignment to start with, great way to get a good feel about this island. And it is a good assignment for me to get a good grade and get some of the teachers off my back. That and seeing the Onyx for once myself." Not that she needed this assignment to pass the year, her grades were good enough.

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Gabe frowned confused, he didn't see why it was that bad that his sister was here. Sure sisters could be a nuisance but couldn't imagine why someone would panic over a sister being near. 
But he nodded.  
"Sure, let's go. This way." Gabe said as he led the way. "We can take a shortcut by not following the road. And if we keep a good pace we'll be there in no time."
He paused, "Why is your sister being here a bad thing?" he finally asked.

Mareep looked worried, [i]"What will she do when she finds you guys?"[/i] she asked while she was following Gabe.