"Huh. You know, I never really thought about it like that."

"I don't actually have any local money, just some silver I had on me when I was transported to this planet, so I won't turn you down, but it's good to know - is this the usual stake -" She counts it up. "Can you scoot your Pokémon a little closer and I'll heal the lot of them?"

"There's not a single stake that's usual — let's say I beat a ten year old and they hand me a fifty-Pokédollar coin, I'm not going to start complaining, you know? I guess maybe you don't know, if you're an alien. Three or four hundred would be pretty standard around these parts."

He moves his Riolu closer.

She holds forth her rainbow bird and channels.

"Thank you very much! Safe travels!"

"Shelyn's blessings go with you!" she chirps, and she re-balls her Pokémon and proceeds down the road.

As she walks, the tall grass gets thicker and harder to avoid.

...she will have Wooliam out to take point and nibble on the grass, how about.

Wooliam is content to do this. ...Possibly a little too content. He seems more interested in eating the grass than on actually continuing to walk down the road.

Well, if he's hungry and wants a lunch break she'll let out Pauta too and take out her packed lunch.

Pauta finds some seeds on the ground and starts eating them.

Lunch is a pair of mini-sandwiches, topped with cheese and tomatoes.

Yum.

When they've had some time to forage are they any more willing to forge on through the grass?

Yes, but they don't seem interested in displaying very much urgency about it. Both of them keep wandering off to look at trees, rocks, et cetera.

Does... pointing and asking them to go That Way help at all?

It helps somewhat.

While she is attempting to get them to do this, they're ambushed by a purple cat!

Oh, well, fortunately both her not-"paralyzed" creatures are out already and can dogpile it! "Tackle! Scratch!"

Wooliam does this enthusiastically!

Pauta is not quite as enthusiastic as Wooliam, but still seems happy to participate. (Her scratches seem to be hitting noticeably harder than they were when she fought the Riolu.)

Now there is an unconscious ?cat? on the ground.

Oh, maybe she overdid it, now she can't catch the cat-thing. ...right? That doesn't work?

If she tries with an empty Pokéball, it doesn't seem to register the cat's existence at all.

Whoops.

Well, she's not sure how many of these she even wants to be responsible for, that other guy only had one. But it's hard to make progress with Wooliam and Pauta out anyway, so she will put them away and just have Wooliam ready to go if she sees anything else jump out. Walk walk.

Eventually the grass thins out again.

Up ahead on the road, there's a really young-looking kid, maybe about five years old.

"...are you lost?"