[Juneberry]

Around the same time, a flash came from her belt as one of her pokemon came out on its own- her only Pokemon at that, Spinarak. The spider looked around curiously, causing Hiruka to sigh. "Spinny, I told you to rest..." The spider only looked at her in response, tugging one of it's legs up to poke her shoes, before crawling atop her head, trying to sneak under her hat.

"Oh no you don't. I'm not letting you do that again." She reluctantly let her hat off for a minute, pulling the spider off with Li's help before forcing the hat on quickly, watching the nearby wild Pokemon seemingly try to come closer out of curiosity before stopping when the hat was replaced. "Thanks Li... Spinny, really, what's gotten into you?" She hugged it close, looking at Cyndaquil. "I'd carry your Cyndaquil for you if it was too much of a hassle, but looks like Spinny isn't fond of his Pokeball today. He's lax but also pretty sporadic with that. Be wary of the fact that some pokemon won't go into their Pokeballs no matter how much a trainer tries."

Giggling, she finally recognized that there had been a grumble nearby before, making her look at the direction it had come from. "You really should eat soon, um..." She tried to remember the two names she was told. "Just to make sure, you are Hoyt, right? I'm sorry. Bad with names."

"Don't worry about seeming rude. She'll get mad at you if you don't eat when you're hungry... She's just like that. She has no consideration for when people are uneasy."

"Eating is important!" Hiruka retorted. She looked over at Hyde. "You should eat enough too, Hyde. Hunger can make you grumpy too.'

"You two heading to Violet City?" Li butt in in order to save the two from more of Hiruka's yammering, as he often put it. "Be ready if you go to the gym there. While your brother has a type advantage, both of you have to make sure to train plenty for that gym. Faulkner's not a gym leader for nothing."