[color=a9a9a9]Soon enough Hana's cooking supplies were packed away, and she was ready to move on.[/color] [color=00aeef]"Are we all ready to go? Wait, where's miss Rose?"[/color] [color=a9a9a9]She still hadn't figured out how to address the most dour of the group, given that she had introduced herself by one name and been addressed by another.[/color] [color=00aeef]"Perhaps she is waiting for us on the road north. I will wait there for all of us to regroup."[/color]

[color=a9a9a9]The road north was easy enough to find, and eventually the entire group was present. It was at this point that Hana noticed a newcomer among them: a tall individual in his late teens, dressed in black and green. She vaguely recalled passing him by in the Pokémon Center; they hadn't exchanged proper introductions yet. Something to be remedied before the day was over, she decided.[/color]

[color=00aeef]"As promised, everyone, I have prepared some travel food,"[/color] [color=a9a9a9]she began.[/color] [color=00aeef]"These are known in Sengun as the national snack [i]ponigiri[/i]: steamed rice mixed with natural flavours, then wrapped and fried to prevent each one from falling apart in your hand."[/color] [color=a9a9a9]She popped open the container in her hands, offering it to each of the others in turn.[/color] [color=00aeef]"Don't mind the faint blue colour, it's powdered Oran Berry."[/color] [color=a9a9a9]Then she remembered the newcomer.[/color] [color=00aeef]"It turns out I made one too few for everyone to try one. Very well, I will be fine without. I can always make more later."[/color]

[color=de0000]"Pawn-ya!" [i]Two too few![/i][/color]

[color=a9a9a9]Hana just smiled down at her companion.[/color] [color=00aeef]"Satomi is keen on these as well. Most Pokémon are able to consume the vast majority of [i]ponigiri[/i]. Some recipes are even tailored towards certain dietary needs."[/color] [color=a9a9a9]She could have chattered on extensively about the differing needs of different species, or the recipes designed for Pokémon with unusual diets such as the Litwick Sia, but it was bad form to monopolise a conversation - or expect someone to respond and try her cooking at the same time.[/color]