"Things went well in the fight?"
"Luca!"
Lucario spoke and gestured, vividly demonstrating how he had won the group battle. Corviknight couldn't fly fast because of the heavy armor covering his body, but he was also the steadiest flyer among Pokémon.
The Fearow that relied on hit-and-run tactics to fight Corviknight became much less threatening once Corviknight mounted a fixed turret on himself.
A fixed turret wasn't quite an accurate description. An attack like Aura Sphere, which could track its target, was hard to dodge even in flight. It practically hit every time.
Already the aerial overlord of the Galar Region, Corviknight now had enough help to put up a fight even against his natural enemy, Tinkaton.
"Go wash up. It's time to head inside and eat... Squirtle, you didn't forget to heat up the food, did you?"
"Squirtle! (You can accuse me of slacking off on other things, but good food must never be neglected! I've already eaten. Your portions are on the table.)"
With that, Squirtle lay down on a grass mat nearby and began his post-meal loafing.
Squirtle had woven the mat himself out of dried grass from the backyard. In a sense, he really did know a few specialized crafts, like weaving mats and making straw sandals.
According to Squirtle, his great-grandfather had even learned to weave straw sandals from a human. It was a family craft.
Squirtle hadn't planned on heading down to soak in the hot spring so early in the morning, yet he still ended up drenched. After finishing his wash inside, Lucario came out and shook his fur, quickly shaking off the droplets clinging to it.
But according to "conservation of matter," those droplets hadn't disappeared. They had simply transferred from Lucario's body to Squirtle's.
Xin Mu then made another trip to