Nora doesn’t even have to hand Pak off. When it sees Magnolia being handed to the nurse at the main desk, he chuffs a sound of some variety and slings himself onto the desk, himself, plainly set on following the smaller Pokémon. Nora ruffles the tuft of hair atop its head before trotting off with Ren and flopping gracelessly on the couch beside him.

The flop is soon a sag as she leans heavily against his shoulder, yawning. Now her body thinks it’s time to sleep at last, after a dull night and what amounts to a morning of cram classes. It was intriguing stuff in its own way, sure, but now with the opportunity to settle a bit…Ren pillow get.