Clayr looks over the last chunk of cake, then tosses it into the mouth of her Mareep. "I've never heard of her. Is healing her job, and is it real healing? Or is it the foreign tech?" She asks, as bolts scatter up and down the Mareep's ears.
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Clayr looks over the last chunk of cake, then tosses it into the mouth of her Mareep. "I've never heard of her. Is healing her job, and is it real healing? Or is it the foreign tech?" She asks, as bolts scatter up and down the Mareep's ears.
Leah hesitates before replying. "Well, umm, she, uh, she used salves and, umm, and berries so... So I, uh, I assume it's, uh, traditional..." She rubs at her arm uncomfortably as she continues, "But, umm, I'm, uh, I'm not sure why it would, uh, why it would matter what method she used... I mean, she, uh, she makes people better. Using technology to, uh, to do so wouldn't be any less real..."
"I guess it depends on the technology." Clayr concedes. "It's not what I want to learn. There's not a lot of it here, I don't know how to fix or replace it, and what I know - the stuff i know - isn't going to be useful with it, I bet. And...pointing a stick at somebody and healing them doesn't need a healer. Traditional stuff is stuff I can learn, get the stuff to do, right here."
Alyssa, glad to have a small break from needing to speak, listens to Clayr and Leah's conversation. She nods in agreement with Clayr's last assertion. "Even the technology isn't perfect. And there's a lot you can do by just knowing the right things to do that you can't do with whatever the people with the machines and stuff do. They can fail in ways a person with good hands can't."
Leah nods at Clayr's explanation, "Yeah, umm, I guess that makes sense." She feels a twinge of discomfort at Alyssa's mention of mechanical failure, her mind flitting back to Macha's injury. Not wanting to recall the event to Alyssa's mind, though, she opts to simply stay quiet again.
"Yeah." Clayr says. "Is this Bibi a good teacher?"
Alyssa looks at Leah, but goes with her immediate response of "I, um, wouldn't say that. She's, um, she doesn't say much. You gotta learn by watching."
Leah nods in agreement with Alyssa, "Yeah, she'll, uh, she'll explain things if you ask her, but you usually have to be direct to, uh, to get an explanation."
"Well. I think I'd like to meet her, just in case she's any good. The teacher I have now is old and distracted." Clayr says.
Alyssa nods and smiles. "We can, um, introduce you sometime for sure." She looks at Leah, wondering how Bibi and Clayr would get along.
Leah catches Alyssa's look and finds herself hoping she hadn't just promised Bibi to something she wanted no part of. Putting the thought out of mind, she turned her attention back to Clayr, "Umm, is, uh, is your teacher with you at, uh, at the moment..? In, uh, in Thundercrag, I mean."
"Thanks." Clayr says to Alyssa, as her Mareep starts to wander around the room. "Yes, he lives in Thundercag. Why?"
Saura, at this point growing bored of listening to the conversation, rises to her feet and ambles over to greet the Mareep. Leah, meanwhile, just gives a small shrug in response to Clayr, "I was, uh, just curious. I wasn't sure if they, uh, if they lived over in Bastille or not."
"Well, no, he's lived here all his life." Clayr answers, while her Mareep tilts its head at Saura and lets out a faint cry of greeting. "I was only in Bastille for the event. I've heard the resident healer there is obsessed with annoying Lilligant, but they can't be any worse than Knotte."
Alyssa laughs a bit nervously. "Yeah, um, no, they're not worse than Knotte I don't think." Not really sure what else to say, she asks, "What, um, specialty does your teacher have?"
"He was a battle healer." Clayr says. "I know that there haven't been many battles recently, but it's just regular healing done quicker anyway."
Alyssa nods. "I, um, learned a bit from some healers, but I'm not, um, really fast. So, um, that's really impressive. I know being fast is, um, really important."
Saura gives the Mareep a genial "Saur!" before motioning with her head over to Leah to indicate who her trainer was. Introductions made, she tilted her head up at the now empty plate of cakes, then over at Clayr, asking a hopeful "Bulba bulb?"
Leah frowns faintly at the mention of Lilligants. "The, uh, the lady who runs the pokécenter in Sorland has a Lilligant as well. Are they, uh, are they common pokémon for a healer to have here..?"
Clayr looks down at Saura and then back up at Leah. "Their powders are useful for herbs, they produce them constantly, they're small, easy on the eyes, they're smart enough to help, and they have the limbs to do it. Your Pokemon wants a cake - is she allowed?"
Leah nods, "That makes sense." She glances down at Saura as Clayr makes her comment, finding her Bulbasaur looking back with a pleading look. The sight makes her break out into a grin, and she nods, "Yeah, she can. Just so long as it's only one, though."
Saura's expression turns from elated, to faintly disappointed as Leah sets the limit on how many cakes she could have. Nevertheless, she turned to look up at Clayr with a hopeful grin.
Clayr tosses one of the tasty cakes down to Saura.
Saura gratefully accepts the cake, making short work of it as she enjoys it.
"You two can have some if you like." Clayr steps away from the tray. "I won't throw them to you unless you're at least as good at catching as her." She nods to Saura.
Alyssa smiles. "Better not, then." She leans in to look at the cakes and selects one to enjoy herself. Before she starts, she offers a bow of her head. "Thank you!"
Leah follows Alyssa's lead, leaning forward to pick out a cake of her own. She gives Clayr a grateful smile and a "Thanks." before trying the treat.
The pair find the cakes delicious and moist. "Where did you get her?" Clayr nods to Saura.
Leah follows Clayr's gaze down to Saura as she was asked about her. Giving an apologetic "Mmphh..." as she fought to swallow the bite of cake she'd just taken, she replied, "I, uh... Sorry, excuse me..." She raised a hand to her chest as she swallowed again, "There's a starter give-away in Kanto when, uh, when you turn ten. Umm, I chose Saura back then and, uh, and never looked back, really."
"I don't know what a starter is." Clayr says. "Beginner Pokemon?"
Leah gave Clayr an apologetic smile, "Umm, sorry, I forget it's, uh, it's only just starting here. Umm, yes, a starter is, uh, is the first pokémon trainers get." She tucks a strand of hair away from her face, "The idea is to help you get, well, uh, started, as a trainer."
"And then you decided to become a fossil expert instead?" Clayr raises an eyebrow.