Olivia was very warm.
She just wasn't great with boundaries.
Baimu had wanted to teach those two Salandit a lesson and show them that Pokémon paid a price for stealing too, but Olivia dragged him and Blissey away.
"I don't even know your name yet! Where are you from? Do you have somewhere to stay tonight? Stay in Paniola Town! Hot water twenty-four hours a day!"
She sounded like she was hustling guests for an inn.
He had to find ways to fend off the Island Kahuna's enthusiasm while giving a brief introduction.
Come to think of it, she'd arranged his trial before even asking who he was...
Wasn't that a little late?
Baimu could only tell himself it was an Akala Island quirk.
Melemele Island's quirk was mood swings. What was Akala Island's?
Madness?
Quite possibly.
In the anime, at least, Tapu Lele was pretty unhinged—far more than Tapu Koko, who thought so highly of Ash. For instance, when she couldn't heal Ash's Rockruff, she took it out on the two Lycanroc nearby.
She even used Draining Kiss to draw energy from them and give it to Ash's Rockruff.
"No need. Really, no need. I appreciate the thought."
He stood firm on returning to Melemele Island, and Olivia finally gave up on finding him a hotel.
But he still had to visit Paniola Town.
Olivia kept insisting, "The Moomoo Milk from Paniola Town will blow you away! You won't regret going!"
"Sure, sure..."
Baimu hardly dared refuse her.
They left the foot of Wela Volcano Park and chatted as they walked across lush fields, soon reaching a town with a distinctly American West feel.
There were packed dirt roads, rows of red-roofed wooden houses, and a windmill and water tower in the distance.
The whole place felt like ranch