Continued from here with @mindful-aria
Joseph smiled as Aria directed them to sit where-ever and he chuckled gently. “Alright Aria, don’t push yourself though.” He encouraged and he gave her a wave as he took his little sister and brought her to a booth.
Ivy looked around, hiding more or less as much as she could, but in general just not wanting to socialize. Joseph could understand that, so he didn’t push his sister.
He had actually taken her with him for dual purposes. For one, if Aria took her well, they could perhaps not only be friends, but Ivy could be another source of fresh ingredients and food for Aria. He wanted to help her, and this was one of them.
The second was that his sister needed to socialize more, and he hoped that with the connection of them both knowing Cobalt, a Lucario he had only met once, and even then, the Lucario had been in a bad mood. So he really didn’t have a point of reference about him, but both of them seemed to talk well about him.
Ivy at least, seemed to admire him. With Aria, he wasn’t exactly sure, but he thought something might be between Aria and Cobalt. Though he didn’t ask, as it was none of his business. This was just what he got from talking to Aria when it came to the Lucario.
When he saw Aria come by their booth, he gave the Espeon a wave of his right hand. “Heya there Aria. I see you’re having a lot to do. Did we come at a bad time?” He asked her genially as he looked her over, wanting to see what kind of state she was in. At least from what he would be able to see. Hey, he was concerned, alright?
