Ash's mother looked at Heath with a kindly, caring gaze. Heath felt certain that she was questioning his actual age, though he questioned his actual age himself. Was it really all right for someone his age to still be going through that embarrassing adolescent phase?
He had been rather excited when he first transmigrated here, and the last time, he had just gotten Farfetch'd, his very first Pokémon. Heath had been incredibly excited then, but now...
Heath felt his face burning red as he spoke. Sure enough, this sort of thing was better left to Ash. He could do it once, but he really couldn't get used to shouting it over and over.
"You certainly are a lively man," Ash's mother said with a smile, seemingly delighted to see her son so happy. Heath smiled awkwardly. This pose had actually belonged to Ash in the first place, but since Ash hadn't gotten his own Poké Ball yet, Heath had borrowed it. So far, it seemed to have worked well.
"I'm really just an ordinary person, too. Ash, where are you headed, by the way?" Heath asked curiously as he looked at Ash. By Pallet Town's standards, it was still very early. It was truly rare to see Ash up this early.
"Heath, Mom and I are going to visit Viridian City's Gym and learn there. I did chores for ages before I saved up enough points!" Ash said proudly. He was still a little kid, though he would still be a little kid when he set off on his journey in the future.
Still, it was pretty absurd for a little kid to be that formidable. Or did children in the Pokémon world generally mature early? Thinking about the future protagonists from other regions who hadn't even set off on