Being Rational

Rachael picks up the cup and brought it close to her nose. She takes a light smell of the fragrance and shuddered, 'Wow, the smell is very pleasant...' She thought to herself before taking a sip of the beverage. She felt the warm liquid hit her tongue as it washes over her tongue.

The Espeon smiled at seeing the Buneary accepting the tea, picking up her own cup and sipping it as well. Rachael's fur shudders lightly as she moves the teacup away from her mouth. "The flavor's still quite bitter, but I can tell there's some Oran and Pecha juices within it."

"I added a little of each in order to add some flavor to it. Quite impressive that you can pick them up." The Espeon stated as her tails curled around the table. "I'm a little surprised that you choose to drink the tea I made." she spoke, seeing the both of them finishing their cups as she places her paws together. "What made you decided to take the chance?"

Rachael placed the teacup on the table as well, taking the time to think about the question she was asked. "Well, you said it yourself, if I didn't drink the tea, you wouldn't give us the medicinal herbs." She spoke at first as she pauses to look towards the sun Pokémon. While she can see that she has lost her smile a little, she still remained where she was, knowing that Rachael has more to say.

"Though the main reason I choose to drink... was because if you planned of doing something to us, you would've done it already before we even came close to the door." The Buneary added.

"Oh?" The Espeon asked, curious about that as she held the teapot and refilled their cups once more.

"Well, you already knew someone was here already. You were able to hold the both of us in your Psychic. You could've sent us away, you could've rendered us ****, or anything like that, but you choose not to." Racheael said, moving her paws a little as she added, "Unless you took some kind of thrill of messing with others despite the unnecessary steps, you wouldn't have let us come this far in otherwise. Considering you brought us here, you had no ill intentions."

The Espeon stared at the Buneary for a few seconds. "So you rationalize the situation and felt that drinking the tea was a safe choice..?" She asked and smiled as she took another sip. "Quite impressive for someone as young as you. Considering how the world looks, Pokémon would obviously grow cautious about others."

Rachael nodded as she could tell when they met camp leader and the Grovyle Felix. She took the refilled tea and stared at it a little.

"I have to make a confession. I'm aware that you and your friend are on a journey to stop this infection."

Rachael jolted at that. "I-I guess it would be on the front set of my mind." She stated, placing her lips on the end.

"You two are quite naive about the dangers here, but this won't end on its own. But some have grown overly cautious, turning into cowardice. If you refused the tea, you two wouldn't leave this village."

That caused the Buneary to freeze up, accidently gulping down some of her tea as she coughed as she stared at her.

"No need to be nervous. I'm not a threat of you in any way now." The Espeon said as she got up and started wrapping some medicinal herbs in a roll and hand ed some to Rachael.

She looked at some and accepted them. "Thank you miss...?"

"I'm Kaira. Nice to meet you, Rachael." The Espeon introduced herself.

She was about to note she never introduced herself but recalled she's psychic. "Nice to meet you too, and could you please stop reading my mind?!" She asked, getting a little annoyed at that. "It's personal."

Kaira giggled at that. "I suppose your right. I'm sorry. I wish you all the best of luck."

Rachael nodded as she placed the herbs in her back and was about to leave, but then turned to Kaira. "There's a survivor camp not too far from this spot. The bridge was destroyed, but you and your friend could find a way there."

"Thank you for the info. We'll keep that in mind. We managed this far on our own, though if it gets out of hand, we'll go see."

"Your medicinal herbs could help those who are hurt and sick." Rachael pointed out. "And take care of you both." she said before opening the door.

She goes and sees that the Grovyle was leaning on the clay walls. She turned and saw the Umbreon watching her.

"Thank you for letting me speak to her and not attacking us." She spoke to him.

The dark type closed his eyes and nodded his head. Rachel headed towards Felix who rose up from leaning against the wall and went to follow her.

"Humph, could've done without the stern scowl from him." Felix stated, the two leaving the hut.

"Look, it worked out, we got the herbs, it's fine." Rachael stated, trying to take his mind off of the moment.

"If you can't let both Pokemon with you into the room and insist that only one can go, then there's a good chance of a setup."

"If they meant trouble, they wouldn't have let us in the hut in the first place." Rachael explained.

The Grovyle relaxed a little when she pointed that out, "True, but who knows what dark secrets one could be hiding if you are uncomfortable of just two."

Rachael looked at him as he walked further. "I'll go on ahead and check out what's in front of us. Watch yourself." Felix said, taking off fast.

The Buneary stared at the direction the grass type went, her face having the look of someone thinking as she continued onward, hoping everything's okay with her friend and the others, praying that they haven't ended up a meal to any infected Pokémon.