Ren was caught from falling by this new boy he had run into. Gee he did feel bad because he bumped into this guy because he had not been paying attention. No matter what the dumb excuse he had was it was unacceptable behavior. Why was he standing around thinking of this. He should man up and apologize to thins stranger. That was when Ren's hesitation gave this boy the chance to introduce himself before Ren could. He also expressed help with water. Well that would explain why there was an awful smell but it was rather rude to come out and say something like that.
"Hey Preston, my name is Ren Flint and I'm a pokemon trainer from Kanto. " He quickly pulled a bottle of water from his pocket and handed it to him.
"Your free to keep that. I have plenty. As for trainers I did pass two but it looks like they are long gone. I doubt you could catch them in your condition." Then the boy noticed his pokemon. Upon impulse he reached over and pet the Shuppet.
"Oh sorry about that. I have a habit of petting new pokemon that I meet. I hope its not offended." He quickly apologized.
Then Ren noticed something coming down the road. It appeared to be coming from the same direction he was. However Ren didn't recognize him and nor should he. After all with all of Ren's dawdling this guy could have left anytime after him and still caught up to him. After all Ren was not trying to sprint his way to the finish line. Ren took his time and was planning on enjoying this journey. Beside the boy came his Totodile. Not only was this another new pokemon but it might be the best chance Char has of getting a good workout in this forest.
"I'll be back." He told Preston while he approached the new boy.
"Hey cool pokemon. Do you want to have a quick battle?" Ren inquired.
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