The sixtieth day on the Orange Islands, cloudy.
Soft clouds drifted lazily through the sky. A week later, Yu Hai was finally able to get out of bed.
His legs had only suffered minor injuries, so getting up had not been particularly difficult. If Nurse Joy had not been so firm in insisting that he stay in bed and recover properly, he would not have spent an entire week lying in a hospital bed.
He still had some lingering internal injuries. The wound that had pierced through his abdomen had begun to heal, but moving it still brought a faint ache each time. The fracture in his left arm had not fully recovered either and could only be held in place with a cast.
During the week he spent recovering at the Pokémon Center in Cerulean City, he had already decided to leave. After Nurse Joy had taken such meticulous care of him for so long, he truly did not want to say goodbye to her in person, afraid she might stop him from leaving.
So, he carefully wrote a letter of thanks and selected a gift, then gently placed them on the hospital bed where Nurse Joy would definitely see them.
He made the same arrangements for Cerulean Gym. He had Slowking deliver a letter of thanks to Xiao Xia. Over the past week, Nurse Joy and Xiao Xia's four sisters had often come to visit him, making him feel especially warm while recovering in a foreign place.
To show his gratitude, he prepared a high-grade Water Stone for Xiao Xia. As a Water-type trainer, she should like such a gift.
As for Nurse Joy, he gave her a high-grade Moon Stone. He had seen Nurse Joy catch a Clefairy, and this Moon Stone could help Clefairy evolve into