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Serena looked up at the mountain. It had been a while since she had been here, and gone to the very top of it. The Servine smiled. All the memories from when she was a Snivy came back like a pleasant breeze. What fun she'd had with Noel.... racing, using aura to guide them..... That was an exciting ascent. Now the grass type was planning on ascending it again.

Deimos merely continued his walk through the mountainous path, he wasn't particularly having difficulty with the terrain considering how used he was to terrain like this, it also made spotting things somewhat more easy than you'd expect. Spotting what appeared to be a Sitrus Berry, he picked it up and put it with the rest of the items had with him... more supplies never hurt right? Either way, at this point, the Charmander rock was well within the sight... a good sign, progress was being made

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Serena kept up her manner of Vine Whipping to the top. Seeing that Deimos was near the Charmander rock, she smiled. He was definitely making fast progress while ascending, because they were almost there. Just about 20 more ledges for Serena more or less, and they'd almost be there. To Black Spiral, anyway. Not that they were traveling together, the thought had just come to her naturally.

At this point, Deimos had reached the Charmander shaped rock that he had been told about previously... He figured he'd slow down for the moment to better look at the area. Glancing around, he wasn't able to pick out anything important in particular, so instead he turned his thoughts to a more... Personal topic... The topic of how he felt regarding Ramira. She was a nice girl to be sure, she seemed like one Deimos would manage to get along with and be friends with normally, but this whole situation of her liking him was still a bit much... He didn't really understand it, but he'd promised to work out a answer, he wasn't going to break that promise.

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Serena saw a Cubone burst out of nowhere, launching itself at Deimos. "LOOK OUT!" She yelled. Leaping down with incredible skill, she whacked the feral Pokemon with Vine Whip. The grass type knew Iron Tail wouldn't work well for a first attack, given their typing situation. Glaring at it, she lunged, using quite an old move: Tackle. This worked surprisingly well, however, because she was much higher leveled than the Cubone.

Moments before the Cubone had arrived, Deimos had been collecting a familiar looking orb... he recognized it as the same type that Noel had used to summon items previously, he figured that it'd be of use considering he could make good use of the additional supplies. Having had the feeling something was wrong and hearing her cry, Deimos looked towards the scene. It looked as if she could handle it well, but Deimos wasn't one to stand aside, he had an idea in mind, to make use of a new move he'd figured out.

He began to concentrate, focusing on the very ground itself... he could feel a sudden surge coming through the earth, a large one at that. He then glared towards the Cubone, Razor sharp stone erupting forth in a line towards it, Deimos's logic was that it'd cut off one way for the Cubone to flee, allowing Serena to attack with it having less surface area to avoid her attacks on... basically, think of the term 'Between a rock and a hard place'.

(7 - 4 = 3)

Serena already saw, or rather sensed the Stone Edge coming. Jumping out of the way, it struck the Cubone right on target. It seemed as if it was down for the count now. "Huhmph. Rather easy since last time I was here." She said. The enemies seemed too weak now, given she had learned a new move. This move had helped her along quite a bit.

Seeing as the only action Deimos had to take was the Stone Edge, he felt slightly relieved... He understood he was somewhat close to the limit of his endurance at the moment, he'd travelled far from his previous destination to get here, and yet he'd kept going all this time despite that, without paying attention to his own limits. Glancing around, he was scanning the area for any more Feral Pokemon that could be a threat... He was not able to see any, so he figured this place would do for resting. However... What about Serena? Would she be okay with stopping just so he could recover his own strength... He couldn't force his own opinion of having to stop onto her... That wouldn't be right.

"I'm going to stop here to recover my strength for now... It's been a long trip from my previous destination after all, feel free to go on ahead if you want, I'd rather not delay your own travels, especially if there is somewhere you need to be at the moment Deimos spoke towards Serena, it made perfect sense that he wanted to recover his strength... Ramira wouldn't want him running himself ragged after all.

Serena nodded. "I'm cool with staying here. Truth is, I need to recover myself." She responded. Really, all those adventures in the copse, Shadowhue, the mountain once before... to her, it felt like an eternity since she had last rested. The Servine sat down, a little ways away from the unconscious Cubone. Sighing, she felt relieved to finally rest.

So she wanted to recover as well... In a way it made perfect sense, she wanted to help, she'd been travelling for who know's how long? Surely some time to recover would do her good as well. Simply nodding towards her, he looked somewhat towards the ground... He had to think, he had to come to understand how he truly felt, he did promise Ramira that he would do so after all. The big question was... how did he truly feel? He already knew that she was a friend at the very minimum... But romance? That was not one of Deimos's strong points, and it most certainly wasn't what he had set out to find.

So far, he understood he was a kind enough, he had no reason to dislike her, even if the two had shared some... Awkward moments. However... He still thought it might be a little too soon, yet... He also felt that he couldn't hurt her via this, even though at the moment she was just a friend, he truly cared... A life without interaction with others is barely a life at all after all. Admittedly... Deep down he could feel something... But he didn't understand it, he just thought it was a side effect of being so close to his limits at the moment, that it'd go a way sooner or later, little did he know... It truly was the answer to the very question that had been going through his mind.

Serena saw the look on Deimos' face that looked like concentration. Understanding she should be quiet, the Servine went into her own thoughts. Several of her friends had been spotted on the far borders of Grassveil, and all the townspeople had considered them lurking outlaws. This was definitely a possibility for Aura and Dark, but Ember and Blaze? that didn't seem right to her. In all honesty, Ramira seemed outlaw-ish, but it was only because she understood how they felt because some thought she was an outlaw. Yet still, Ramira was an ordinary citizen, and Serena respected that.

Due to the silence, Deimos continued his internal search for the truth regarding how he felt... He needed to find an answer somehow... And it felt as if it'd be best to find it soon, he didn't want to keep Ramira waiting too long... what if she thought he'd just ran away? He couldn't hurt her through this. Admittedly, the thought of just going along with it and seeing what happened had crossed Deimos's mind, but he understood that would most certainly be the wrong thing to do... That'd cause more problems than it'd solve. "Why must things always be so complicated? he muttered under his breath... Honestly he was hoping she hadn't heard him... That'd be awkward.