When the all the pokemon, excluding her own Nidoran left the cabin; Rasca felt sulky. [i]'I bet he called them over to himself with his new super powers. I thought he told me to bond with them?'[/i] Her attitude became one of steam riddled anger. Though it was currently simmering on the back burner of pain. Trying to soothe her own dejection, she crawled over to Superior on her stomach. She looked really pathetic that way, and that's how she hoped her pokemon thought she looked. It might ravage some pity on her forlorn state, and then she could revel in the thought that at least one of the pokemon liked her company.

Rasca tried a different tactic when the 'pity me' one became fruitless. 

"Hey, hermit lady?" She got up from her prone position, snatching a poketreat from Leon's bag that he had left behind in the hut. Twiddling it between her fingers as she talked to the woman about how to get Superior to like her a bit more. Even poking around the kitchen to find ways to help her out, as she cooked and cut various types of food items for them to eat later.

Rasca spied a lettuce bowl, and applied herself to mixing the vegetables around in a soupy thin mixture. Reminded her a lot of the salad dressing bought from a store, if not probably a bit more healthy for all of them. She doubted the woman even went close enough to hear the sounds of a grocery store, no matter how fanciful she claimed her hearing was. [i]'At least i'm safe in my mind.'[/i]

The woman's words of wisdom weren't very much different from anything Leon could have said to her, though she didn't want to hear much of anything from him in the first place. Hermit lady seemed to notice this, and steered clear of the subject, asking Rasca to fill her in on how Superior acted. The lady didn't comment on how strange a name it was for the Nidoran, though pride could do funny things to certain pokemon. In the end, Rasca felt a bit more confident on how to prepare salads, which made the woman smile when she told her that. 

Even Superior dropped in on the fun, coming over to Rasca's side and nudging her hand, almost delicately. Shocked at the way the pokemon was treating her, she flipped a few leaves of the salad onto his face. Plap, plap, plip! They slid down his cheeks until Superior sucked them into his mouth, munching on them with a satisfied look on his face. Thinking she had done this all by herself, Rasca threw up a mighty cheer. The hermit was not quick to judge, but after she had calmed down, the lady pointed out how Rasca had the scent of treats on her palms. Examining what was left of the treat, she held out her hand towards Superior, and as she did so, he quickly snatched it from her. Both the lady and Rasca shared a short chuckle over that.