Shen Qi brought his face close to Oricorio. "You can't get home like this. Don't tell me you want me to take you back? Oh dear... I'm very, very busy, you know. Saving-the-world-level busy. If you beg me hard enough, I might consider it."
Held in Shen Qi's grip, Oricorio had already had the feathers on her chest rubbed against, but she couldn't resist or dodge. All she could do was push his face away with her wings.
"I understand... P-please... please take me home."
"What?! How can you push someone with your wings while asking them a favor?" Shen Qi rubbed against Oricorio's feathers twice more. "Didn't Dodo teach you what posture you should take when begging someone?"
Chirp-
Oricorio crouched on the ground, looking thoroughly aggrieved.
"I understand... I understand. I won't resist anymore, chirp..."
"Hehehe..."
Oricorio certainly wasn't the easiest Pokémon to win over, but she was the first Pokémon Shen Qi felt he had completely under his thumb, dancing in the palm of his hand.
That said, Shen Qi hadn't planned to take Oricorio home immediately, not because he wanted to bully her, but because Florges's task took priority.
"My Florges has something important to do on Melemele Island. You should know that after spending these past few days with us, right?"
Oricorio nodded.
Although she couldn't understand anything as profound as Evolution Imprison, she had grown up in the Alola Region and knew there was a group of Flabébé in Melemele Meadow that couldn't evolve.
What Florges wanted to do was fulfill those Flabébé's wish to grow.
"I'm in no hurry to go home."
Oricorio hadn't shown any particularly strong homesickness. Shen Qi hadn't heard of her having any other family at home, much less a Trainer partner.
She was essentially living alone, and Shen