In the games, a winding elevated cycling road let players bypass the tall grass and reach Mauville City directly.
It existed in the anime too, though there it formed part of a highway and wasn't elevated.
The anime's world was far more expansive than the games', after all.
Baimu strolled through the lush forest with Zweilous, who was curious about everything.
"Hey-woo?"
"That's a weed."
"Hey-woo~"
"That's a dandelion. Hahaha, spit it out! You've got a mouthful of fluff."
"Hey-woo!"
"That's a poisonous mushroom—don't eat it!"
Smack!
He lightly slapped the unruly head on the left, making the head on the right, which was still spitting out fluff, shrink back too.
Baimu gripped the cheeks of Zweilous's left and right heads and stretched them wide. "Remember, don't bite anything this colorful! Red cap, white stem—stay away!"
"Hey-woo!" "Hey-woo!"
Zweilous nodded solemnly.
Once its trainer walked ahead, it studied the nasty thing called a poisonous mushroom.
You're the reason I got hit?
Furious, Zweilous lashed its tail out and smashed the colorful mushroom to pieces.
Bad mushroom!
"Hey-woo~" "Hey-woo~"
Satisfied, it chased after its beloved Baimu.
The questions and answers continued all along the way.
Before long, they passed a stream.
Zweilous, suddenly acting like a husky, refused to budge. Its four eyes gleamed at the clear water.
"That's a stream. Want to go swimming? Do you?" Baimu grabbed both its heads and rubbed them vigorously. Zweilous yelped and stuck out its tongues and teeth to lick and nibble at him.
"Hey-woo~" "Hey-woo~"
The wilderness clearly put Zweilous more at ease than a city full of traffic. As though its pent-up nature had finally been set free, it dashed back and forth, charging into everything.
Having two heads also gave it another perspective on its surroundings. Sometimes, though, it misjudged the