Cogimo winced hard when Rick hit his forehead against the tractor's edge and instantly wanted to check himself if there wasn't any bleeding. But, as the man almost instantly turned his attention to him, Shimaru kept his hands to his sides.[break]"I'm so, so sorry for that!!! Are you okay? No dizziness? Bright spots in front of your vision?" If someone died on their property his mom would skin him alive.[break]
Though, after being assured that Rick felt ok, minus the bump on the head, Cogimo relaxed but also gave the man his space as he noticed that both have been pretty close (TOO CLOSE) the whole time.[break]"Doing good, thanks! For most parts, catching wild pokemon as I'm planning on trying out some gyms. School assignment. You?" As he asked that Cogimo only then took in how the blue-haired man looked, as well as, getting self-aware of his appearance, and something clicked.[break]"Wait!? Where's Mark? Is he okay? Did he leave or something?" The boy started pouting just from the thought of it. His parents wouldn't do that without telling him, right?

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He let out a relieved sight hearing that Mark was still here. Then his eyes widened realizing that they finally had two mechanics. Shit, they had two mechanics!!! The boy bloomed into a large smile while speaking, "You can't imagine how happy I'm hearing that we have you around. I was telling my parents for years that we needed at least one more person to manage all this machinery. Like, I have been managing the computers for day-to-day maintenance fine and doing routine things with the machinery, but..." And here Shimaru faded again, "I have been away for a while, so...So I'm happy to see you here." Another smile before he fist-bumped Rick in the shoulder.[break]
"Anyway, did that trap break down again? It usually does that because of one of the pipes next to the left rearmost wheel. The Internet said it's because you need to change it, but...There my understanding ended, so I just did what I could without doing that." Cogimo then huffed, crossing his arms, "Can I help, maybe, so you can finish up here faster and I can give you a tour?"

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Cogimo was actually excited about giving the guy a tour. It took half an hour or so to finish up with the tractor, he helped with passing the tools as it seemed that the blue-haired man had disappeared from this world, and then he pulled him by the wrist to the closest berry tree grove. While on their way he talked about how it looked when he was a child, as well as, what has changed over the years.[break]"I still remember my big plan of befriending the guardian pokemons to be able to have a snack whenever I wanted." He laughed at the memory, "I succeeded but got so sick from eating the berries that my mom needed to take me to the town's doctor. This is how I learned self-control...Kind of..." Cogimo's ears would, for sure, turn red if the sun hasn't done that already.[break]
Once there he remembered, though, that he was still holding Rick's wrist in an iron-hard hold, "Sorry, after spending so much time with pokemons one forgets that humans are slightly less durable, heh." The student let go spreading his hands as to present the trees surrounding them. They were in different stages of ripe, different grass pokemon walking back and forth. Whenever one would come closer, Cogimo would pick it up to cuddle, letting it go shortly afterward. "Ehhh, it's nice being home. Where's your pokemon, though? Hope he isn't bored with you working here now. Actually...Do you even live in Rustboro?" Right, they didn't talk much last time.

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"Oh..." The boy's eyes widened as Rick explained his living conditions. As someone who has never traveled far from home prior to this year, he was quite impressed, as well as, curious.[break]"Wow! You have traveled quite far from your home, no? ANd what you mean..." The boy scrunched his eyebrows thinking about the other man's living conditions. [break]"You know that Mark has a house here? Pretty sure we can also find you a spot. Our house alone has more guest rooms than we have ever had guests...Well, except for my fifth birthday party. That was pure madness." He giggled, "I and other kids decided that it was a good idea letting all the wild pokemon in our house. Cleaning lasted more than a week afterward. Anyway, think about it! Though...I will warn you, the more you stay here, the weirder shit gets around here." Was that wise to say?[break]
No matter, Shimaru was already distracted by the next thing, his eyes widening seeing both pokemon up close.[break]"Wow, are you two handsome pokemons!" Cogimo smiled, eyes shimmering in excitement. "We don't really get these types of pokemon often and this is the first time seeing these two up close. Can I try petting King? I guess Daze is toxic, right?"

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