“No? That’s not really their style,” he shot back, equally dry, even if he did look terribly wary of whatever that thing was. “Anyway, I wasn’t intentionally sneaking, I heard a non-native Pokemon’s cry, so I just came to investigate, maybe catch it if it didn’t have a trainer, and I didn’t want to scare it, so I didn’t just walk over.“

He sounded increasingly frustrated, but there wasn’t really any indication he was lying, if a little less than forthcoming about the details...

“If you put down your off-brand Wonder Launcher, I can show you my camera and the timestamps and you’ll realize I’ve just been exploring the forest for the past few hours.”