Maybe in Ergastulum the women were wary, but apparently this place is another story entirely. The little girl wastes no time being bored with the initial smalltalk (and of course hopping with her pokemon over to the commotion surrounding Nic because come on, clearly that's the more interesting situation here) but her mother seems perfectly content to just shoot the shit with some strange dude with the flimsiest cover story ever.
Frankly it's kind of hard for Worick not to give her (and all of the other adults around) the internal side-eye for being so apparently blase about her own safety and the safety of all these kids running around, but in the end it makes his life a hell of a lot easier... And in the interest of keeping it that way he doesn't allow even an ounce of his judgement to bleed into their pleasant conversation. All smiles here!!
And by the end of the exchange he's learned enough to keep him busy as far as investigating goes: the history of the town (mostly farming, aided by the cooperation of these critters that are all over the place); the location of their largest attraction (a 'pokemon gym', which he also learns a bit about as she gushes about how excited her kid is to challenge the "Elite Four" someday, whatever that means); the woman's name (Karla) her daughter's name (Rae); and finally... What's for dinner. It's nothing he's ever heard of, but like hell he's gonna turn down a home cooked meal.
"--and if you boys need anything, make sure you mark the address-- Oh, that's right; no Pokedex, huh?" she says in response to Worick's almost guilty smile. Pokedex: there's another something to look into. "Well, I'll just have to get the two of you set right up with that, too. After dinner," she clarifies with a motherly sort of authoritativeness that Worick isn't about to argue with.
He of course graciously accepts, turning to scan the horizon for Nic's telltale stumpy silhouette.
"My friend there's a little hard of hearing, so I might have to go get him if I can't flag him down--" If he manages to catch Nic's eye, he'll do a bit of flailing; if not, it'll become a rescue operation...
CAN'T TOUCH THIS (also that tag gave me fucking cavities UGH NICO AND KIDDIES SOS)
Frankly it's kind of hard for Worick not to give her (and all of the other adults around) the internal side-eye for being so apparently blase about her own safety and the safety of all these kids running around, but in the end it makes his life a hell of a lot easier... And in the interest of keeping it that way he doesn't allow even an ounce of his judgement to bleed into their pleasant conversation. All smiles here!!
And by the end of the exchange he's learned enough to keep him busy as far as investigating goes: the history of the town (mostly farming, aided by the cooperation of these critters that are all over the place); the location of their largest attraction (a 'pokemon gym', which he also learns a bit about as she gushes about how excited her kid is to challenge the "Elite Four" someday, whatever that means); the woman's name (Karla) her daughter's name (Rae); and finally... What's for dinner. It's nothing he's ever heard of, but like hell he's gonna turn down a home cooked meal.
"--and if you boys need anything, make sure you mark the address-- Oh, that's right; no Pokedex, huh?" she says in response to Worick's almost guilty smile. Pokedex: there's another something to look into. "Well, I'll just have to get the two of you set right up with that, too. After dinner," she clarifies with a motherly sort of authoritativeness that Worick isn't about to argue with.
He of course graciously accepts, turning to scan the horizon for Nic's telltale stumpy silhouette.
"My friend there's a little hard of hearing, so I might have to go get him if I can't flag him down--" If he manages to catch Nic's eye, he'll do a bit of flailing; if not, it'll become a rescue operation...