"I think it's less Arcanine specifically and more Pokémon that have... extraordinarily high sustained speeds," Shalin tried her best to explain to Thomas. It was really strange, though; how could she withstand such whippy, back and forth motion, yet feel dizzy from riding in a straight line? Was it a limitation of her suit? There was still so much che had to learn about it.

While it was still tiring being on Rufus' back even at "moderate" speed (which was still incredibly fast to her), it was much more manageable. "I'll have to take you up on that. Let's figure out a good weekend for me to come down to your ranch and show me the ropes. How's that sound?"

With that, the die had been cast. Even if she couldn't maintain a hold on incredibly fast Pokémon, her training session with Thomas Benoit would likely uncover why her body couldn't handle it, and give her a direction of what she could do to make it easier. Even her Pheromosa, Nymris, couldn't match the raw speed of an Arcanine.

"I'll try to carve something out before it gets too cold outside. See you then!" she called out. Little did Shalin know that she would ascend to Rustboro's Ranger Captain seat during the weekend they had originally planned on meeting, forcing them to delay the meeting until the spring. Perhaps it was for the better, what with Kyurem's winter chill continuing to keep an iron grip on parts of the region...