Alain looks sideways at the red haired girl, named Mairin, as they walked through a forest path. The reason why he was looking at her was because the usually talkative girl was in a dead silence and she had been that way ever since they had woken up this morning.

At first he really didn't mind the first hour of silence, but then one hour turned into two, two into three, three into five hours. It wasn't like Mairin acted that different. She smiled at him when he said good morning, she still petted Chespie and Charizard as she left out of their room at the PokeCenter, and she still had a small skip in her step as she walked alongside him. The only difference was that she wasn't talking and that fact alone was now starting to make him feel uneasy.

"We will be getting back to the Pokecenter shortly." Alain says in an attempt to get her to start talking. She only nodded and kept on walking. Alain then steps in front of her and faces her, making Mairin stop walking and look up at him curiously.

"Why are you not talking?" Alain asks, looking down at her. She only shrugged her shoulders and tried to walk around him. Alain steps in front of her, once again blocking her way.

"Come on Mairin. You haven't said a single thing all day today, which for you is highly unusual. So I ask again, why are you not talking?" he asks, his voice softening a bit. Mairin looks up at him and smiles sheepishly.

"Well, I kinda decided not to talk today...well since...I kinda thought that I was annoying you with all my constant questioning and talking." Mairin says, playing with her fingers. Alain sighs and puts a hand on her head.

"Yes, while it is that I enjoy silence sometimes, I also enjoy your talking more." Alain says, patting Mairin on the head before stepping out of her way. Mairin thought about it and looks at him, smiling.

"Oh good, because there is actually a lot of things that I wanted to talk about or ask today." Mairin says, getting into a long dialogue on how mega Altaria looks like a giant cloud and that Altaria and Swablu must have something to do with the clouds, and Alain wouldn't have it any other way.