"Yeah, release her. After all, this little one might not like being with me, right? So I might as well just let her go." Heath was quite calm. That was what he thought, too. After all, this was Misdreavus's first time meeting him, and their encounter had not been all that pleasant. Heath did not think there was any bond between them, so rather than forcibly catching her and slowly building one, he felt it would be better to let Misdreavus return to the wild. Perhaps that would be better for the little one, too.
Nurse Joy glanced at Misdreavus, then at Heath. She thought someone like him was quite rare. After all, this was a Shiny Misdreavus. Even if Heath did not want to catch her himself, he could sell her to someone else. Although the League prohibited the buying and selling of Pokémon, Nurse Joy knew that people always had plenty of ways to get around these problems. Rather than bans, the League's prohibitions were really only restrictions on decent people. They could not restrain the unscrupulous, nor was there any way to do so. Others could always find loopholes in the League's rules to trade Pokémon-if both parties called it a gift, what could anyone do?
Although the League kept improving its rules, the facts proved that others could always find loopholes, which was deeply troubling.
"You have a point, but this little one still looks a bit malnourished. If she goes out alone, she might run into danger." Nurse Joy hesitated a little. If Heath had not already explained that this was not his Pokémon, she would have suspected him of abusing Misdreavus. After all, Misdreavus was far too weak and lacked nutrients. She was clearly malnourished, which made Nurse Joy's heart ache, so she had