"What are you doing? If you want to train, wait until after lunch and go to the Gym."
Iono came out of the kitchen carrying a plate and spotted Pawmot performing Dragon Dance in the living room. Her pretty eyes instantly widened.
For a moment, she nearly lost her grip on the seafood rice.
If Misdreavus hadn't reacted quickly and caught it with psychic power, today's lunch would have been missing its main dish.
Even without firsthand experience, she knew it when she saw it.
As a Gym Leader, Iono had battled plenty of Pokémon that knew Dragon Dance, even if none of her own did.
So she could tell at a glance that the move Pawmot was using wasn't Bulk Up, but Dragon Dance!
What was going on? Was I sleepwalking?
The first thing Iono-sama questioned wasn't Pawmot, but whether she was actually awake.
Everyone knew that Dragon Dance, an exceptionally powerful boosting move, was available only to certain Dragon-type Pokémon or species closely related to dragons.
Pawmot, an electric mouse, had nothing to do with either category.
So how had Pawmot learned this move?
More precisely, how had Pawmot learned it in the time it took her to make a plate of seafood rice?
Iono was intensely curious!
There was no way Iono could keep cooking now. Fortunately, little chef Misdreavus was there. Unconcerned with the stunned Iono and her Pokémon, Misdreavus went back into the kitchen to carry on.
Hmph, this was nothing. I'd seen things like this countless times at home!
"So... you're saying Pawmot learned Dragon Dance just by following Pupitar through it once?"
Iono still found it utterly unbelievable. "But... that's not how Pokémon work."
Xia Chi didn't know how to explain it to her either. He couldn't force some nonsense explanation like, "I