it would be SOOOO embarrassing if a beautiful woman came in and swept my team that is open to dark type attacks with a single tyrannitar. also im off work right after this, do you think you could walk me to the pokemon center to heal up my team? thanks i really appreciate it. haha no its okay, my goal as the third gym leader for this region is to create a tough but passable challenge, and you thoroughly earned that win back there, well done! yeah it's mostly just kids these days, it's nice to talk to another person who started training as an adult. oh me? well i lived in kanto for a bit while i was in university and was originally going to go into advertising, but in my early 20s i realized i wanted to be more active in fostering my town's community, and when the local gym announced they'd be holding tryouts for a new leader after the last guy moved away, i remembered when i was a kid and i'd doodle gym puzzles on the edges of my notebooks in school. i spent the first half of that year training up my team, and when the time came i actually managed to come out on top! yeah, since then it's been a lot of fun hosting community events at the gym. creating a space for people and their pokemon to come together and socialize and create bonds is really an amazing thing to get to witness. we've been hosting free workshops for non-battle skills too lately, like making pokepuffs and sewing and stuff. what about you? oh wow, yeah i'd heard about a diner opening in town, but that was you? that's super cool, i'd love to stop by some time! yeah that makes sense, i've seen restaurant owners display their badges in their shops before. it's never a bad idea to have that kind of thing around as a kind of certification, no matter what field you're in. oh we're here! gosh that was fast, haha, i feel like that took no time at all. thanks again for walking with me, it was nice to talk to someone. what? no you don't have to wait for me that's okay, haha. oh wow, that's really sweet of you. okay. sure. you wait right here, and i'll be back out in a moment. it's only 9, and i'd love to talk to you some more. yeah. me too. ok, i'll be right back out 0:^]