> Send out your own team, partly to show off, and partly to look around. Dash is pretty fast and can probobly search on it's own accord, after all, and send out some fire when it's found the guy, and Lighter can be your flare.
> You send out your entire team. You send Flint and Dash out searching, but you keep the new Scyther close because you don't know if it's fully tamed yet.
> "They're... nice," your companion says.
> What qualities do we specifically want? Besides fire, of course.
> You prefer longevity even to fire. And you think it would be a good idea to have at least one that can put fires
out rather than start them. Although really it's whatever you happen to want, so if you have something in mind you should try and describe it.
>And don't forget that his pokemon and ours can get acquainted too!
>"So, are there any of these guys that are like a Phoenix? Because that's kinda my thing, folks sometimes think I'm one on account of what I'm capable of, y'know?"
>Let's do that finger-lighter trick we did back at Falkner's.
> "You are a pretty impressive fire-breather. Don't blow it with the bragging," The trainer says. "The only phoenixes are all passed into legend, like Ho-oh and Moltres. Flying types you can teach to breath fire are a different matter entirely. Charizard along with just about any dragon would be what you want."
>"But y'know, I didn't know you could find those guys like that. In extra-strength cute I mean."
> "I know, right? I was hooked up by a breeder south of Goldenrod. She and her husband run a day care service. They were originally supposed to be pets, then I got really into battling. 'cept I haven't had the heart to let them evolve. Someday I suppose..."
> Actually, while we're at it lets ask him about what kinds of Pokemon we can find inside Union Cave.
> "Lots of common things mostly. Zubat, Sandshrew, Onix, Geodude, Rattata... The big draw is the Lapras, but to get deep enough you need a light source and a digger to make a way back out. Even once you get there, there's no guarentee of finding one."
>_