Hearing Xia You say this and seeing his unruffled expression, Dawn and the others finally remembered that, unlike ordinary people like them, this man really could not be judged by normal standards.
That was right. With Xia You here, along with his powerful Pokémon, a mere landslide really was nothing much.
That immediately put their minds considerably more at ease.
At the thought, Dawn could not help sticking out her tongue.
"It's all Ash's fault. Traveling with him before, he was so unlucky that we kept running into situations like this, and now I've developed a stress response! When it happened again, I instinctively thought we were done for. I completely forgot that you're not him, Xia You. No matter what kind of trouble we're in, you can always get us out safely!"
Thank you for having so much faith in me...
Xia You felt both the satisfaction of being trusted and the pressure that came with that trust.
After all, being trusted so completely made it feel as though the slightest lapse on his part would let them down.
But speaking of Ash...
He asked curiously, "Before we left the Pokémon Center yesterday, I saw Ash get in touch with you. How's he doing?"
Dawn thought for a moment. "I think he said he'd met two new companions. I've forgotten the girl's name, but the other one seemed to be one of the Gym Leaders we met in Striaton City!"
Cheryl looked a little puzzled. "A Gym Leader is traveling with Ash?"
Dawn nodded. "It seems that way, though I don't know which one yet. But Cheryl, have you forgotten? Ash already traveled with a Gym Leader before, didn't he? That person named Brock used to be a Gym Leader in the Kanto Region!"
At her reminder, Cheryl immediately