Heath sat down on the mat Cynthia had brought out. It was long enough for three or four people to sit on together, which put him considerably at ease. If it had only had room for one person, Heath felt he would most likely have chosen to sit on the grass, avoiding a little trouble that way.
"Lovely scenery, isn't it?" Cynthia put down the camera in her hands and turned to ask him with a smile. Heath nodded. The scenery here really was lovely: a clear night sky, a meteor shower streaking across it, a refreshing sea breeze, and the fragrance of grass and flowers. Heath felt this was probably the main reason so many people went traveling. After all, traveling was a very interesting thing to do.
Seeing different scenery, experiencing the local customs of various places, and getting to eat regional specialties-it really was nice.
Heath glanced at the DSLR camera Cynthia had set beside her. He remembered that it was a Smeargle-brand camera, with an extremely steep price tag. A single lens could sell for well over a hundred thousand or even two hundred thousand League Coins. It was also known as the Mew Sports Car of DSLRs. Buying the most expensive complete setup would cost enough to buy a sports car. It seemed Cynthia was quite a wealthy young woman, too. No wonder she ordered whatever she liked when she ate.
Looking at the meteor shower overhead, then at Cynthia beside him, Heath scratched his head. He had originally been thinking of taking the opportunity to let Zoroark and his other Pokémon watch the meteor shower while he was out, but when he had checked just now, he had found that they were all asleep. That left him rather speechless. That little Zoroark had made