It was probably a good thing that he chose to tell her that now. She had definitely been eying Robbie, so it would have only been a matter of time otherwise. As things were, she simply nodded, flashing him a beaming smile as she chirped back, "Okay! Thank you very much!"

She shifted her bag off her shoulder, rooting around for the pokéballs inside. If Walter cared to count, he would notice that she let loose only five of them: Charlotte, Chiffon, Snickerdoodle, Anko, and another berry-like Pokémon he hadn't met before. Like Manaka herself, her Pokémon had no problem immediately making themselves at home—except, oddly enough, for Chiffon, who remained close by Manaka's heels.