continuing along the path, velvet hears the oinkologne before she sees it. it's snorting and digging at the ground with its hooves, pawing ferociously through the dirt. velvet halts her rapidash so she can stop and watch, fascinated. eventually, the pokemon unearths a black truffle, and slurps it down in the blink of an eye. happy now, it sits on its butt and realizes it's being watched.

velvet and the pig trade glances for a moment. thinking the pokemon might still be hungry, velvet reaches into her bag and unwraps a granola bar, tossing it down. the oinkologne dives on it with reckless abandon and crunches it in its mouth. "there ya go, 'lil guy," velvet says.

they set off again. the oinkologne follows them for a bit, but realizes it's not getting any more food out of them, so after a little bit they go their separate ways.

the next pokemon she runs into, she almost doesn't see. the small feline blends into the underbrush perfectly, until it comes out and splays itself across velvet's path. it seems kind of like it's begging for food; maybe it saw velvet feed the oinkologne earlier? the purrloin rolls onto its back with its paws in the air, looking at the woman pleadingly. the whole display is rather captivating, in fact.

velvet hops off her mount. she digs around in her bag and pulls out some cat treats, the ones she gives to killakee sometimes. velvet has a soft spot for felines, and so she offers the treats up to the purrloin. who eats them with the fervor of the starving (despite the fact that it's clearly in good health). velvet watches, entranced, smiling.

"hey, y'know if you came with me, you could have these treats all the time?" she doesn't know if the purrloin understands exactly what she's saying, but it does look up and slow blink at her, purring. she taps a pokeball to it, and it's enclosed, the ball wobbling a few times before settling.

ok! time to get the hell out of here.