in spite of the long journey they have endured, salamence remains energetic as she swoops down from her place in the skies, coming in for a smooth landing along the grasses below. her trainer, perched between the beginnings of her powerful wings, gives his pokemon an encouraging pat against her neck as they approach their destination. “ excellent job, ” he hums, removing thick goggles from his eyes as salamence’s claws scrape the earth. vocal response to praise comes in the form of a loud roar, though subdued enough to avoid startling the pokemon who watch their landing with curious eyes.
“ it’s nice to see so many familiar faces ! ” certainly not above comfortable friendliness with pokemon, particularly with the many mareep and wooloo which call this ranch home, hanzo takes a moment to smooth a hand across the heads which crowd around him once he has firmly planted two feet on the ground. beside him, salamence greets them with a similar affection, careful not to injure the frailer pokemon as she noses against their sides and chatters gently. once he’s sure they have had enough of his incessant petting, hanzo draws back to look about the fields. “ where is your trainer ? ” there is no response but bleating, which was about what hanzo had expected.
well, if the man isn’t out in the fields, it’s no stretch of the imagination to expect him to be within his home. hanzo recalls bei into her pokeball, promising treats for her hard work once the opportunity arises, and makes for the building. he had warned cassidy of his arrival ahead of time, but had been unable to foresee arriving so late in the evening, and so he chooses to firmly knock his knuckles against the door instead of rudely barging in once he finally arrives at the building.
as the door creaks open, hanzo offers a nod of greeting, lips quirking up into a tired smile. “ it is good to see you, cassidy. my apologies, i did not expect the flight back to sinnoh to take so long. ”
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