"What brings you here?" Once Heath recognized who it was, he was even more surprised. He really hadn't expected to see Ho-Oh here. Didn't Ho-Oh usually stay in the Johto Region, with occasional visits to Kanto? This was the Hoenn Region, with an ocean in between.
"Obviously, I came to-ahem, see whether a dummy like you had run your restaurant into the ground." Ho-Oh planted their hands on their hips and looked up at Heath. Heath didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Hadn't he just taken a look at Ho-Oh with the Ingredient Identifier back then? How could a Legendary Pokémon hold such a grudge? Weren't Legendary Pokémon supposed to be embodiments of nobility? Heath had almost believed that. Even Legendary Pokémon had all sorts of bizarre personalities. Those like the ones in China, who had to abandon their desires upon becoming gods, really were in the minority.
"Would you like something to eat?" Heath had some experience serving Ho-Oh by now, so he asked the question quite calmly. Ho-Oh hesitated, then pointed at his counter. Heath glanced back. It was the plate holding the Lava Eel bones. He had originally planned to try making soup with those bones, since Lava Eels were different from ordinary eels.
"That?" Heath was in a bit of a bind. He had no Lava Eel left, and he didn't currently have enough satisfaction points to redeem another Lava Eel. If Ho-Oh wanted Lava Eel, there really wasn't much he could do. After all, satisfaction points couldn't just...
Heath suddenly froze. Speaking of satisfaction points, he remembered a miraculous item he had received when he served Steven earlier. At that thought, Heath reached into his pocket and felt something like a token.
[You served Champion Steven. You received one satisfaction coin (1-999999).]