Before long, the woman arrived on a tricycle. Heath admitted that he was dumbfounded when he saw it. He had expected some other means of transport, but he had never imagined it would be a tricycle. He had not seen one of those in a very, very long time.
Still, it really could carry a lot. An older man and a young man first thanked Heath, then happily loaded the furniture onto the tricycle. However, Heath had cleared out so much stuff that it would probably take two trips to haul it all away.
Watching the young man pedal the tricycle with all his might while the older couple pushed from behind, Zoroark grew much quieter. She silently held the novel in her hands, suddenly puzzled. Could these three people, who treated trash like treasure, be the truly poor ones? Didn't poor people all live in apartments with scenic views?
Heath had originally planned to move the new furniture he had bought back inside first, but Zoroark kept standing by the door. Even after the family of three returned to haul away the last of the furniture and thanked him profusely, Zoroark was still sitting there. Looking at her dazed expression, Heath could not help scratching his head. Was this little one a bit too clever?
Although Pokémon were generally fairly intelligent, there were differences in this world too. Some Pokémon had, at most, the intelligence of a four- or five-year-old human, but others, especially Psychic-type Pokémon, possessed intelligence far beyond that of humans. If a Beedrill had witnessed this scene, it would not have cared what these humans were doing. As long as they were not invading its territory, it would not care.
The more intelligent a Pokémon was, however, the more it might be affected.
Heath left Zoroark