Erika returned Lesley's smile, gingerly cupping her hands while nodding her head in a sort of grateful bow for the good wishes. "Thank you very much!" Of course that wasn't all Erika was going to be grateful for.
When Erika realized that Lesley was listing off the places she could find Dragons, she hastily dug her notebook and pen out of her bag and jotted down the locations and the few extra commentaries on each location that Lesley provided. Erika considered the information as she filed her thoughts, circling Mt. Strength, Mt. Allmass, and Lonely Island. It was a safe assumption at this point that these three locations would be the best spot for her to go next, after meeting up with Claire, of course. In fact, Erika's mind pondered a bit about what her and Claire were going to do after meeting up.
The tangent was brief and Erika closed her notebook and put it away in her bag, turning back to Lesley. As far as Erika believed, this information was very nice of Lesley to pass on and for that, Erika was grateful. She opened her mouth, "Th-...", but was quietly overruled by Lesley's excitement. Why was she suddenly...? Oh my...
Erika's eyes sparked with an excitement, leaning on Lesley's ever word of her proposition. A chance to get a Dragon this early in her adventure! "Oh! I'm sure! I'm sure, yes!" Erika beamed, thoughts racing a mile a minute as she was excited but also scared at the idea of trying to convince a Dragon to come with her. Erika took a deep breath and calmed herself. "Hm. I'm prepared to go through all that for another friend on my team and I don't care how far into the future it will be. I'm determined to see it all through, just like my mom did!" Erika's expression turned fierce for a moment before it slowly drooped as Erika's thoughts came back to her, until she appeared slightly hesitant. "Umm... I don't suppose you have any tips for trying to befriend a Dragon, do you?"
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Whether or not Lesley would provide Erika any tips, didn't deter Erika from at least trying. Erika hung around for Lesley's response before continuing past her and towards the mountain, her mind racing to figure out which Dragon to try and befriend. The Salamence line would be good, great even. The Bagons playing looked cute and approachable, and the thought of flying on the back of a Salamence like Lesley was heavenly. Of course, the Gibles and the evolved Gabite playing a form of tag was also rather darling and inviting. Didn't look like they could fly, though. Maybe their third form could? Assuming they had one, but Erika didn't know for sure. The Axews were also adorable but the dueling Fraxures had scared Erika away from considering them at the moment. Although thinking about it... All of these Pokemon were a bit prone to be violent, Erika considered as she went through her Pokedex scans on each of the Dragon Pokemon in front of her.
Erika gulped as she made her decision and put away her Pokedex and started a careful climb up the mountain, right to Gibles...
Erika cautiously approached and dropped to a kneeling position nearby kindly smiling and observing the Gibles playing, trying to appear inviting to any curious Gible. Erika really hoped none of them would bite her, but a quick glance over to where Lesley was reassured her that the Dragon Master would intervene if something bad happened. "Hi there!" Erika softly offered in the sweetest voice she could offer, which turned out to be pretty sugary. "You guys are pretty cute up here so I thought I'd say hi to all of you."
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