This girl really needed to get out of her shell if she wanted to get anywhere in life as a trainer. How will she be able to respond when she has her first battle? When the pressure and inexperience starts to come down on her? It's even tougher for someone as young as her to be out in the world all on her own, especially when she's afraid of loud sounds and has a hard time being around other people. What was she thinking coming out here? "I know I don't have too, but I want to. And I think your stomach wants it too." He teased her lightly before turning to look back at this Barnabas guy who told everyone in the lab that they should leave lest they would be given the boot by Professor Tightass, I mean Snowbell. 

There sure were some interesting characters. There was Mr. I'm so outrageously Kalos that I would meet my mistress outside a wine and escargot shop while waiting on a moped. His sense of fashion was certainly...unique. Sigurd wasn't exactly sure why this guy was dressed the way he was nor did he understand where in the world that would be fashionable in, but hey, to each their own. Then there was that stuck up looking teenager with glasses. He didn't know what his deal was though he really needed to pull that stick up his rear and smile. Then there was Barnabas, a guy so feminine that when Sigurd first saw him the Aerosmith song Dude Looks like a Lady blasted in his head. Barnabas seemed pleasant enough so he wasn't going to judge him by his looks...though secretly Sigurd thought that Barnabas could probably pull drag off very well. 

"A battle huh? I like the idea of that?" He grinned widely at the prospect of his first battle. Oh yeah, he nearly forgot about his Piplup! He scooped the little one into his arms and smiled softly. "Say, what do you think I should name you? I got it, how about Brunhilda?" 

"Pip piplup!" The small bird nodded happily at the new name that it received. 

Sigurd laughed happily and noticed a jealous glare from Rusty. "Oh come on, you're not being replaced." 

"Hmph, scrap." The Scraggy crossed his arms and turned his head away from Sig.