"Hello, I'm Mania, a Pokémon breeder from Paldea. This little one is a Pokémon from my place."
Among this crowd of Pokémon Professors, a breeder was slightly out of place, but there was nothing strange about her presence.
Professors wanted to study Legendary Pokémon, trainers wanted to own Legendary Pokémon, and it was perfectly reasonable for breeders to want to know how to raise Legendary Pokémon.
However, Mania's reason for coming had little to do with Regirock. She was here for Sprigatito.
As a breeder specializing in feline Pokémon, Mania had all sorts of cat Pokémon living in her Cat House.
The Sprigatito she had brought-the very one that chose Liko in the Horizons storyline-had always been rather unusual.
While the other Sprigatito played together in groups, this Sprigatito never joined them. She spent most of her time sunbathing alone on the roof, seemingly unwilling to interact with her companions.
By chance, she once used Leafage to save a Sprigatito that had fallen off the roof while playing house.
After that incident, her companions and the other feline Pokémon admired her. From then on, she began coming down from the roof and happily playing with the others.
That lasted until a Spidops caught her companions in its threads. Furious, Sprigatito attacked Spidops with Leafage. Although she rescued her companions, they were also accidentally hurt because her Leafage was too powerful.
From then on, her companions began to fear and ostracize her. Sprigatito felt so guilty that she no longer dared to use Leafage,
and went back to sunbathing alone on the roof.
After she stopped playing with the other Sprigatito, she sometimes watched television beside Mania. Once she noticed Meownei, she found something of a virtual source of comfort.
As the owner of the Cat House, Mania wanted to do