[color=0072bc][center][h1]Ty Westgrove[/h1]

[h3]Mesalon Gym[/h3][/center][/color]

[color=0072bc]"Thanks!"[/color] Ty enthused, grinning at Amber's praise. Then he heard Lan and blinked at the gym leader for a moment.

[color=0072bc]"Oh - yeah, thanks."[/color]

That information would've been useful fifteen minutes ago. Oh well.

Ty waited closely behind as the gym leader healed his Pokemon first. It was... so [i]weird.[/i] Nothing at all had changed about Lan, but the way he walked, the way he stretched for a second, he seemed... more [i]human.[/i] Ty supposed he had always seen gym leaders as larger-than-life figures and never questioned that belief. It hadn't fully sunk in that Ty's team was good enough to actually beat a gym leader, that not even gym leaders were perfect.

The punk quickly healed his own Pokemon and walked back to the two women.

[color=0072bc]"We headin' out?"[/color] he asked. [color=0072bc]"I think we can catch up."[/color]

Ty took a glance toward the other blonde woman, the one who randomly swooped in only to pick on Sophia and apparently take her own gym challenge. He guessed these people must know each other somehow. Did Aedre and Amber want to watch her battle? Ty couldn't read that situation well enough to know.

[color=0072bc]"I know I just met you all,"[/color] Ty added. [color=0072bc]"I'm just along for the ride. You can pick when to go."[/color]