hope the post is okay! i'd push the timeline forward by about 30 minutes. im thinking maybe the old man got held up at the store or something, so he doesn't have to come back yet either. ill probably wrap up the search in the next post, if that's okay.

Well I would’ve had her battle Zvi tbh but he’s probably way too strong. I had thought about having her battle a trainer but I was just going to have her train her Pokémon once more after hanging out on Mt Leeman and sketching / painting some of the nature views maybe she’ll give it to Dans mom when she realizes the others are giving her a gift.

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"Well, everything seems to be in order! They're not fighting and you even got Boo to take his nap! Well done, boys. I think you deserve a bonus. Now then, that's $20 for each of you, and the amount of poke currency should be..."

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"Well, everything seems to be in order! They're not fighting and you even got Boo to take his nap! Well done, boys. I think you deserve a bonus." The old man pulled out a regular cell phone, an early generation smartphone to be exact. "Now then, I'm going to up the dollar award from $15 to $20! And I'm going to give you a great review for your job well done too, that way they give you more Poke Dollars... Let's see........ And..." He pressed a button to finalize the transaction. A soft ding signaled success. "Done! Thank you boys so much!"