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"Heh, alright." He pet her head as she relaxed once he had his arm free.



"Okay! It's morning, Kamoho, time to get up!"

The totodile responded by snapping at him, but expecting that Mordecai was not sitting adjacent to the totodile with that wakeup. He hadn't, however, expected Kamoho to be relatively okay-seeming with being awake... he'd expected groggy grumbling.

Zorua, however, did need a little more coaxing to wake up - but she wouldn't bite him, at least. In retrospect, given he already had two about - one of whom couldn't go in a pokeball, one of whom would complain bitterly again - he could release Iudex when they were not in a building.

...actually Mordecai was a little tired, as the sun was just on the cusp of rising, but he wanted to get going as early as possible! He nearly, in fact, left his backpack in the centre due to rushing far too much. Still, one return trip later and he was stepping away from city limits, totodile on his shoulder, zorua at his side.

"Namaka, wait."

The Zorua halted, turning to note Mordecai facing the city. ...He'd never actually discussed Namaka's name with her, and it hadn't occured to him that he hadn't done so. It just kinda felt right.

Mordecai took an inhale and an exhale - the sun was behind them as it rose. With a series of lobs, all of his pokemon were standing by him. He looked over each one in turn, then exhaled again.

"It may be awhile before we come back here, guys. So! Make sure you get a good look! Since next time we come back, it'll be to show Leia how much we've grown as a team!"

Kaulu nodded. He and Iudex were the only two who had a reaction anything like that - Namaka and Pa'ao both yawned tiredly. Paka was his usual oblivious self, hopping on Kaulu's head - as Kamoho gave a sing-songy, "Di~le." Pa'ao was too tired to give much of a response.

Mordecai sighed, a smile on his face. Well, it was important to him, anyway. "Until next time, Port Tidings!"

Returning such that Iudex, Kamoho, and Namaka were the only three pokemon out and about, he headed down the road towards Orum.
"Those actually are not terrible," Iudex lets you know when you release him. "Though I think I would prefer to be outside," he admits. Before you get too far, Iudex asks you, "Are we fully prepared for this journey? I have found it is easy to forget some details when one is quite eager to set out.