"Trainer, Trainer! I want that!" Zorua pointed excitedly at a piece of beef. Heath helplessly picked up his chopsticks, took a slice of beef, dipped it in the oil-based dipping sauce, and popped it into Zorua's mouth.
"And this!" Zorua pointed at a king oyster mushroom next. Heath picked that up too and popped it into Zorua's mouth. Zorua was actually an omnivorous Pokémon; Heath had originally thought Zorua was only interested in meat.
"Trainer, this mushroom sure is weird," Zorua mumbled while eating, pointing at the king oyster mushrooms in the hot pot.
"How so?" Heath looked at Zorua in confusion. Could the mushroom be poisonous? But Heath ate these things all the time. They were completely nontoxic.
"Look, it started out long and hard, but after sitting in this hot stuff for a while, it went all limp and lifeless." Zorua licked his lips and spoke with great enthusiasm.
Heath's expression began to change. There was clearly nothing wrong with those words, so why did everything about them seem wrong when he thought about it?
"And look, there's a big head on top of its long, thin body." Zorua wore a mischievous grin. Heath's mouth twitched, and he gave Zorua an annoyed flick on the forehead. This little rascal was really too much. They were just eating hot pot-how had that turned into dirty jokes?
Fortunately, only Zorua, whose head was full of filth, paid attention to such things. Farfetch'd and Charmander clearly hadn't understood what Zorua meant.
Then Heath had to pick up another pair of chopsticks and feed Farfetch'd a piece of tofu. Only Charmander saved Heath some trouble. What Charmander wanted to eat was a serving of roasted chicken drumsticks. Charmander was quite interested in roasted drumsticks and had little interest in anything else.
"Eating