"Th-thanks Miss!" The boy said, reaching his hand out. The pair enjoyed their time with the Pokemon for about 15 or so minutes before they had their fill.

"Thanks so much for showing off your Pokemon, Miss Smith!" The girl said, smiling brightly. "We probably should see the rest of the festival, so we'll see you later at your show!" 

"Ye-yeah..." The boy said, looking away from the gym leader. 

The two began to head off into the crowd.

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Volkner's expression remained the same. 

"Quite a selection." He said, finishing off the Casteliacone. "Got an Electrode back at Sunnyshore. To be honest, I was looking to adopt a Toxel, if you had one. Oh well."

Volkner took a look around at the massive gathering of people. The crowd seemed to be moving towards the Arena for some event, he wasn't exactly sure what was going on.

"Well, you'll get a lot of foot traffic from spectators of whatever is going on." Volkner said. "Maybe seeing some cool Pokemon display will motivate them to adopt one for themselves."