Josh would let out a sigh, scratching his head in turn at the girl's response. He supposed he could understand a thrillseeking sort of approach, god knows he was the same way at one point. When he was older than she was now, by the looks of her. So he couldn't really blame her for that. Not that it made it any wiser.

"There are times to take risks, and times to look for better ways. Dying's not fun either" He remarked with a casual shrug as he looked to the Raichu she had complimented. He smirked lightly at her comments and reached down to pat the Raichu on the head. "This is Lightning. He's been my partner since I was close to your age."

With that, he figured he might as well start with introductions of his own. She had helped after all, in her own way. He extended a hand. "Josh. I suppose thanks for the help, either way."

Time was growing short. Perhaps he had simply underestimated just how little time they had? Or perhaps he had gotten lost in this whole picnic with his Pokemon, new and old. Either way, when Josh looked at his watch, he realized quickly that he had completely forgotten about the time. They were running out of it, for sure, and Josh wasn't sure if he was going to be able to find a Pokemon in time to use the last Safari Ball. Did he just forfeit it if he wasn't in time? That would be... Bad, considering the expenses that the Safari Balls had taken. Josh would steadily get up, and the other Pokemon would follow suit as he began to clean up. To his surprise, the Pokemon began to help out. Though his gaze darted when he heard a cry.

The Eevee had hurt itself, it seemed, having knocked over the umbrella and had its leg pierced by an end. Josh's eyes widened as he pulled the umbrella way. The wound didn't look good. Josh began to immediately fish for first aid when he felt something approach. Looking up, a Chansey had made its way over and stood in front of them. The Chansey would begin to glow, and suddenly the Eevee's wound was healed. Josh smiled softly as he would pull the Eevee into his arms, looking up at the Chansey.

"Thank you" He spoke softly, reaching over and offering the Chansey some leftover food. "You know, we could really use someone with your urgency on the team. Would you want to come with us?"

Josh tapped his Pokeball to the Scorbunny's head, and to his somewhat surprise it put up no fight. As the ball clicked, he smiled softly. There were still so many Pokemon that Josh hadn't had a chance to see or even hear about yet. Perhaps his journey wasn't over just yet, he thought to himself. He had begun to think that he had seen it all and done it all... But that wasn't the case at all. Either way, as the Poke Ball disappeared, he would look to Orion when he would remark about the winters in other regions.

"It's cold" He admitted plainly with a soft laugh. "Really cold. It's worth seeing once or twice, but wouldn't want to live in a place like that. Hoenn's been pretty great with weather. I've always preferred hot places, myself. I think the only other place I'd be open to call home permanently would be Alola. Though while I was there once for my honeymoon, I haven't had a chance to really see it in full for myself like I have with Hoenn."

He nodded his head toward his musings about the HoloWatch. "Raicorp opened a retail store in Hoenn a little while back. It's in Slateport, I believe. The watch has really served me well, though don't take my word for it"

Orion dropped the name "Galarian" as Josh looked to him curiously. "Galarian?" He inquired as he noticed Lightning had stopped to interact with a Gulpin. Josh peered toward them a moment. It seemed Lightning had been making friends of his own throughout all of this, and he couldn't help but chuckle a little as he would approach the Gulpin with a curious eye, before slowly reaching out his hand to pet it.

And so too did the Applin join the team. At this point, Josh had ended up making a makeshift picnic, complete with picnic blanket that he'd brought in case they wanted to break for lunch. So there they were. Josh, his Raichu, and now the new additions of Meowstic, Eevee and Applin. While Josh had no idea what this living apple actually was, apparently it was Pokemon enough to get into a Pokeball. Apple and all. Which was something that honestly fascinated Josh at the sight of it. Was the apple a cover, perhaps? He couldn't help but stare at it as the creature munched on its food.

The word "Galar" had been thrown around a lot lately. And it typically had been based around Pokemon that Josh had never seen or heard of before. If he could, he would go and visit this Galar to see what it was like, and see what other Pokemon he could discover. But he knew that wasn't possible right now.

The Eevee hesitated a moment, but after looking from the Raichu, to the other Pokemon, they would let out an excited “Ee!” As they would accept the food. Josh would tap them gently with the Pokeball, and the Eevee didn’t struggle in the least. Once the ball clicked, Josh smiled as he would let the Eevee back out. He had two more Safari Balls remaining, he noted, and still some time left in the Safari Game. He would need to keep up the pace if he was to make the full use of the money he had paid for the ticket.

Though on the topic of apples, one of the apples in Josh’s bag had fallen out. Or at least, that’s what it looked like. Josh blinked a few times as he looked down at it. He hadn’t heard a thud or anything. Suddenly the apple would move, heading straight for his bag! Josh jumped back in surprise, as Lightning, Eevee and Meowstic would turn to stare at this strange apple. The apple stopped. Josh stopped. But then the apple began to move again, and Josh noticed something when he looked closely enough… The apple had legs!

“What in the world kind of Pokemon is that?” He whispered, pulling out some food and holding it out to the… Apple. Something would poke its head out of the apple, and begin to munch on the food. So it WAS a new Pokemon then! Interest piqued, Josh took out a Safari Ball and gently tapped the Applin with it while it was distracted…

"Indeed, we have" Josh admitted with a soft smile. "A little too much if you ask me. Don't get me wrong, it's been great seeing all these different places, all these Pokemon. But I'm ready to settle at least for awhile" He added, chuckling slightly. "Though I'm sure eventually I'll want to at least travel. Not for keeps, but to visit. There are still regions I haven't seen after all. But if things go my way... I'd like to think that at the end of the day, I'll come back here."

He hadn't had too much of a problem with it before, even if it got stressful sometimes. But now things had changed. He was married, he had kids, everything he wanted was right here. That really did change things.

Lightning took notice of something as Josh would look toward his HoloWatch when Orion would ask about it. "This? This is my HoloWatch. RaiCorp's product, it can do half-body holographic calls, or just normal or video calls, access the internet, and a few other resources. I like to use it for keeping in touch with my family when I'm out."

Orion seemed to be occupied with something, so Josh turned to Lightning, who was being chased around by... What in the world was that? Whatever it was, it had mistaken Lightning for a ball after the Raichu had tripped and curled into one. "What is that?" Josh inquired curiously as he stepped toward the strange, rabbit-like Pokemon that he had never actually seen before. "Scor!" The Scorbunny would cry out as it would go for the kick on the Raichu-ball, before Josh would move forward and grab its arm to yank it back. The Scorbunny would turn and out of self defense, aim a flying kick at the man's head. But in a surprising turn of events, Josh's reflexes allowed him to catch it quickly with his hand.

"No" Josh spoke firmly, looking the Scorbunny in the eyes with a piercing stare.The Scorbunny would stop its attempted assault, staring in stunned silence at the Trainer. Once he felt its movements stop, Josh would release it. The Scorbunny would, after contemplation, point at one of the Pokeballs on his belt. "Scor!" It cried out, and Josh peered down at them before pulling a Pokeball out of his own pocket. Had he perhaps piqued the interest of this one?

Meowstic accepted the food, and the Pokeball. As the Pokeball clicked, Josh decided to let it back out as it continued chewing on the food as if nothing had happened. He gingerly patted it on the head with a gentle smile. It was there that Josh had noticed that the smell of food had attracted another Pokemon that was hiding behind the bushes. Josh's smile brightened as he recognized that Pokemon. It was an Eevee!

Grabbing an apple from his lunch pack, he held it out to the Eevee as well. The Eevee was hesitant at first, but it began to inch ever so slowly toward the apple. Its gaze moved to the Meowstic, who seemed to be happily munching their own food, which seemed to indicate it as safe. Lightning would notice the Eevee as the Raichu would approach, curiously moving forward to sniff it. Josh was curious as to what it would do...

The Pokeball clicked, then disappeared. Josh let out a sigh in relief as he looked toward the girl that he had been accompanying. It seemed that she had managed to quell the other Pokemon that had attacked. But it seemed that they weren't done here just yet. Lightning's ears would perk up and Josh took that as a sign that another was approaching.

If there was another, he hoped that the girl would be able to handle it. For now, Josh would fulfill his end of things as he decided to give Lightning a break. "Inferno, you're up" He called as he would bring out his Typhlosion. "Lava Plume" Josh would command as Inferno would launch a Lava Plume to intercept the Sableye that had been sneaking through the shadows and attempting to hit them from behind with a Zen Headbutt. Seeing the opportunity, Josh would make his next command quickly while it was stunned in surprise. "Flare Blitz!" He called to Inferno, hoping to finish this quickly. Inferno let out a noise in affirmative as flames cloaked its body before it slammed into the Sableye. Josh would pull out another Pokeball and toss it as he recalled Inferno.

"Let's pick up our pace" Josh would recommend calmly toward his companion. "Odds are we've kicked up quite the Beedril's nest."