[Pokémon: Taillow]
[Gender: Male]
[Ability: Guts]
[Moves: Growl, Peck, Focus Energy, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Thief, Swagger]
[Status: Healthy]
[Mood: Pleased]
[Joy Level: 20]
[Friendship: 20 (Not bad for a caretaker!)]
[Description: Let me see if this human is worth my time! —Taillow]
Carver: "..."
He immediately noticed the word "Thief" in Taillow's move list.
A Taillow that knew Thief...?
What had Taillow experienced during this time to actually learn both Swagger and Thief...
Carver felt conflicted.
The Taillow on the windowsill immediately noticed the new food the human was holding. Its gaze suddenly became sharp as it stared unblinkingly at those small cubes that looked like sugar.
The smell... was surprisingly good!
Carver naturally noticed Taillow's gaze. He looked down at the Pokéblock in his hand and asked:
"Want to eat it?"
Taillow stared at him.
"If you want to eat it, fly over here." Carver said with a smile. He paused, then added: "I made these especially for you. It's just that you haven't come for so long, I've been saving them for you this whole time. Come eat!"
Hearing these words, Taillow immediately felt somewhat guilty.
It had been going to other humans' places to mooch food...
Because the food at other humans' places tasted better.
Today that family had gone somewhere, so it came back here, planning to grab a meal to barely get by.
It never expected this human to have been waiting for it to come and had specially saved food for it.
"Tail..." Taillow felt a complex emotion welling up inside.
But since this human wanted it to come over, it would spare some time to visit occasionally!
Thinking this, Taillow's actions didn't stop. It flew forward and picked up a Pokéblock to eat.
A fragrant taste immediately burst in its mouth, far more delicious than the berries it had eaten before!
Delicious!
Taillow began eating with gusto.
Carver stood to the side, watching this scene with a straight face while observing Taillow's emotions.
Sure enough, when it heard what he said, Taillow's emotions began constantly changing.
Its friendship began rising, from 20 to 50.
Its joy level also started rising, especially when eating the Pokéblocks—it rose most rapidly and obviously, directly from 20 to 80.
You could tell the kid had never eaten anything good before.
Just a regular quality Pokéblock could make it this happy.
At the same time, a familiar line of information appeared before Carver's eyes.
[Taillow's mood improved. Joy Level +60. Received Taillow's gift: "Intelligence Report 3."]
[Taillow revealed Intelligence Report 3 to you: That Pokémon likes to eat apple pie. It and its brother often silently appear at places with apple pie, eat the apple pie, then secretly slip away. If you can make Taillow happier, perhaps it will reveal more intelligence about that Pokémon.]
Intelligence about the legendary Pokémon Latias and Latios appeared again!
Carver immediately focused his attention and carefully examined this intelligence.
Loves apple pie...
Latias loved apple pie? And with its brother Latios, they often silently appeared at places with apple pie to steal and eat it?
So the question was, if he made a batch of apple pies, could he attract Latias and Latios?
The difficulty probably wasn't low.
Currently, Carver had obtained two pieces of intelligence.
Intelligence 1: In the northern part of the Hoenn region, there was a Pokémon that could transform into humans.
Intelligence 2: That Pokémon lived with its brother. They had no fixed residence and soared through the skies above the Hoenn region all day.
Plus this Intelligence 3...
Although it sounded like a lot, it actually didn't reveal too much information.
The Hoenn region was very vast. The probability of Latios and Latias following the scent of apple pie to the breeding house was probably no less than fishing up a Kyogre.
However, having new intelligence was better than none.
At least he knew Latias's preferences. If they could meet in the future, he could bring out a large pile of delicious apple pies—wouldn't that completely captivate Latias?
Thinking this, Carver looked at the Taillow in front of him. Obviously, this Taillow had seen Latias and Latios before.
At this moment, Taillow had finished eating the Pokéblocks and was using its beak to groom the feathers on its wings.
The little sun above its head represented its very pleased mood at the moment.
That expression seemed to say: Caretaker, I'm very satisfied with today's meal!
Carver smiled at Taillow and asked: "Will you come tomorrow? I have many more Pokéblocks here."
"Tail!"
Taillow let out a crisp call. Come? Of course it would come!
"Then it's settled." Carver smiled slightly.
Taillow thought this human was quite looking forward to it coming!
It looked at Carver for a while, then turned around and flew away directly, flapping its wings.
Carver watched Taillow leave, thinking that indeed, well-intentioned lies were sometimes very necessary.
Although it was a lie, it didn't harm Taillow.
He got intelligence about legendary Pokémon, while Taillow got Pokéblocks. What a perfect arrangement!
The breeding house currently had no apples, so there was no way to make apple pie.
However, Carver wasn't in a hurry. In the future, he would definitely be able to get more intelligence about Latias and Latios from this Taillow.
"Excuse me!"
At this time, a timid voice came from behind.
Carver turned around and saw a dirty, very disheveled-looking girl staring at him hopefully.
"May I ask, can I stay at this inn?" the girl asked.
A guest for the inn?
"Of course you can." Carver welcomed her inside, saying: "Please come in. You can handle your check-in procedures over here."
The girl looked around, her gaze stopping on the small blackboard on the wall. Then she took out several bills from her pocket and placed them on the table, saying:
"I want to stay for three days."
"Three days?" Carver was slightly stunned. Staying that long?
Since the breeding house opened for business, no guest had ever stayed here for more than two days!
Most guests who came here were passing trainers who would spend one night here and head to the next town early the next morning.
The girl looked like she wanted to say something but stopped herself. She didn't say anything, just nodded: "Yes, three days!"
"Alright, your room is 201. Go up the stairs and turn left. The inn also provides dining services. If you need anything, you can come here and tell me." Carver didn't ask too many questions but introduced the breeding house.
"O-okay!"
Watching the girl's back as she went upstairs, Carver couldn't help but mutter: "What a strange person."