I walked over to the edge of the rge desk and took off my bag to dig out the fossil. "You'll five me if I take a moment to retrieve it , It hasn't been important until now you see." I expined while carefully removing things from my bag. "Not an issue at all Mr. Drake , in truth I have actually been ied in you seen the moment I learnt of that Pupitar in your possession thanks to you addition to the list." Mr. Stone said clearly in a good mood as I dug out the fossil.-

  "I imagined you might given your position in the league and hobby involving rare stones." I said holy without looking up. "It has it's perks despite all the trouble it be sometimes and both my son Steven and I enjoy the various geological forms that exist in nature though his i lean more towards metal than my own." Mr. Stone said with a warm tone. "You sound proud of him." I ented before finally reag the fossil and removing it from the bag. "A fossil? No a variant fossil, what a treat!" Mr. stone said eagerly as he carefully looked over the fossil I set on the desk while I repacked my bag.-

  "I'm not an expert in fossils but I have figured out it is an Anorith fossil with pears to be an attack variation judging from the shape and design of the cw here." I said while pointing at what I meant. "Good eye! The species is uandably rare since few fossils exist that be revived so variants are merely specuted appearance wise but the stists theorized an attack variant would have simir structures on it's cws."-

  We'd o do some tests on it to see if it be revived but I will pay top dolr for it without that reassurance as a show of good faith." Mr. Stone said with a friendly smile. "Are you sure? I will still be in town for awo days so you could test it before making such a decision." I offered since while the offer was very tempting accepting it ht would probably paint me as a greedy individual. While there was nothing wrong with being greedy so long as it wasn't taken too far I really wahis man and his son to have a det impression of me.-

  "I have a good feeling about this particur fossil , a collectors intuition if you will. So while I appreciate your iy I must insist." he said reassuringly. "Alright I won't argue ood thing then but since I am here already I happen to own another fossil though I 't carry it around due to it's size so I left it with professor Birtil I could find a buyer for it." I said holy with a friendly smile of my own. "I'm a business man Mr. Drake so I know how to read people , you stop ag friendly when you aren't feeling anything at all right now." he said sternly and I sighed before dropping the false expression.-

  "What gave me away?" I asked curious since I was quite fident in my ag after spending years pretending to care about things. "Small details that would normally not be spotted if one didn't know them well but the biggest was your eyes , they are cold and devoid of that spark of life that most have. Like looking into the eyes of a corpse , it's frankly terrifying." he said holy. "I am slowly rec from a bad case of apathy." I said holy.-

  "My pokemon are helping and I am trying to improve myself in this regard but you must uand that it's hard to go from total numbo being normal. Holy speaking I don't think I even get to that point." I said calmly and he sighed. "Did you know that your dition is not as unon as you may think? Psychically gifted individuals tend to be in a simir state from the trauma that came with seeing the thoughts of those around them ods forbid the future."-

  "Some deal with the state of mier than others but apathy is a fairly on trait for them to possess. The roup however I believe you fall into , those who have had bad experie a young age and simply lost the will to care. We don't know for certain though given the pokemon based amnesia." he said seriously. He was right too as that was exactly the case , not that I was going to openly admit it though. "Don't get me wrong young man I don't think any less of you for ag like you do or even your dition but I prefer to do business with transparency between both parties." He finished with a reassuring smile.-

  " you keep this to yourself please? I would rather not have others find out if I help it , I don't ity after all." I requested and he nodded. "You have my word that this won't spread from this office but do sider fiding in Birch with it as he truly does speak highly of you." he suggested. "I will sider it but I believe we should go back to the topic of the fossils." I spoke calmly.-

  "Of course. Do you have any requests for items or the like or is cash acceptable?" he asked getting serious. "There are a few things that I have need of at the moment. First I need a bag with the rgest space possible that also has weight redu properties. It he refrigerated pockets as well for st food. Sed I need an alchemy set , nothing fancy but strong enough to be used in the wilds. Third I would like a portable kit set for cooking on the road. "-

  "Beyond that I would also like I way to get to Dewford and Steford after my uping gym battle but I have no need for a personal boat if I am only going to use it twice." I said what I truly wanted calmly. "You know alchemy? That's a surprise to learn but I suppose all of your requests are doable without too much issue on my part. After all of that I estimate that the differen funds to be around one and a quarter million poke` , is that acceptable?" he asked and I nodded. "Wonderful , if you will give me a day I'll have it all delivered to you , ah right what design do you want the bag to be in?" he asked before he fot. -

  "A satchel that rests on my hip." I said after some thought. Mr. stone nodded and smiled "I will see them delivered shortly and please do remember my advice." he said and I nodded before turning to leave after repg my act. The rest of the day was fairly mundane as I focused my attention on helping Vul master his new move while Gaia kept at making herself a new move.