Snow and Franziska had just pulled into town. Like, literally, the two of them had been passing by in the rain when he'd spotted Kay. He'd told Franziska he'd catch up, she'd called him a fool, and then he was alone. Well, alone with the distant addition of Kay.

But now that Franziska was disappearing into the distance and Snow was left on the path in the rain, he realized he had no idea what he was even going to do. He'd sent his travel-partner ahead so he could talk to Kay, make sure nothing was up, but... Now he'd watched her a second, and he really got the feeling it was something a little private for him to barge into.

But he couldn't just stand there, now that he'd probably pissed off Franziska for the night. So after a minute or so, he reached a hand into his pocket to pull out a PokeBall and silently push the center button. His Flaaffy appeared on the ground in front of him, ducking her head in surprise at the rain, then noticing Kay. She seemed to sense that it wasn't playtime though, choosing not to get disgustingly excited. Thundara glanced up at Snow, a question more than anything. He nodded toward the girl crouching in the wet grass, and without another word, Thundara turned and trotted off toward her Aunt.

It wasn't long before the Flaaffy reached Kay, looking very much like a sad pile of cotton candy in the rain like this, but utterly undeterred. She pressed her nose under one of Kay's arms to make room to crawl underneath it in a warm Auntie hug. 'Flaa?' She looked up at Kay now, concerned but not demanding. She got the feeling she wouldn't understand, anyway.