After dinner, Cheryl and Makomo cleared the table. When Bianca saw Xia You and Dawn beginning to train and care for their Pokémon, she came over, looking very interested.
Only then did Xia You have a proper conversation with her.
"So, are you interested in Pokémon?"
Bianca nodded emphatically. "Yes, of course! Otherwise, I wouldn't have set my heart on becoming a Pokémon Trainer!"
Xia You smiled. "If nothing unexpected happens, we'll reach Nuvema Town and meet Professor Juniper tomorrow. Have you decided which Pokémon you want as your first?"
Bianca seemed to have had an answer to that question for a long time.
"Of course I have! Snivy is great, and Oshawott is really good too, but I've already decided on Tepig! Tepig is fluffy and looks so warm and cute. It must be really comfortable to cuddle at night!"
There was no denying that Tepig really did appeal to some people's tastes, especially girls'.
And at the Tepig stage, it really was rather cute.
But what would happen once it evolved?
By then, Emboar would have absolutely nothing to do with cuteness.
Still, Bianca had indeed made the same choice as she had in the anime. Looking at it that way, her choice of Tepig really wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. She must have thought it through carefully.
"Tepig, huh? That's a pretty good choice too."
Beside him, Dawn chimed in teasingly, "Exactly! Tepig seems so headstrong and full of energy. Doesn't that make it a perfect match for you?"
Bianca knew Dawn was teasing her about her carelessness and naturally refused to take it lying down. The two girls, a few years apart in age, immediately started tussling playfully.
After a while, the two girls settled down. Watching Dawn go off to train with her Pokémon, Bianca couldn't