Eric crawled a couple feet closer to get a clearer shot. He took a couple more photos of the Cloyster. It was quite unusual to see such a Pokemon so far from a body of water. Chances were slim it thrived well enough in a lightly wooded area to evolve. More likely, some callous trainer thought this would be a good place to drop off a bulky water/ice type if they wanted to make sure the Cloyster could never bother them again.

The raven-haired man put away his brooding thoughts and turned back to focus on the task at hand. ...Oh no. The Cloyster was staring right at him. A couple other Pokemon followed the Cloyster's gaze. The young man's heart started thumping as his brain came up with two options for his predicament. Run, or hope the Pokemon would not mind him being there.

And so, Eric ran.

He didn't dare take the time to look back and see if anything was actually chasing him. Eric put all his focus into sprinting the shortest path out of the woods. His speed was admirable, but the kind of strength required to climb over the fence into Sarah's ranch proved a bit lackluster.