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Hailie's smile widened as she looked down at the Comfey around her neck. She listened as Sapphire explained to Ruby that she was going to give Ducklett a good meal, and would then perform for it to see if it was interested in joining in. Hailie thought that sounded like a great idea!

But she was distracted from all of that by the mention of Yuki's resurrection, and her own inquiry into it. Sapphire explained that there were special research labs that could bring fossil Pokemon back to life. "That's so cool!" Hailie exclaimed. She felt a great desire to go seek out a fossil of her own to be brought back. That was so exciting! Like waiting to see what hatched from an egg. The older girl went on to explain that Yuki's fossil had been different, and she showed Hailie an image of it on her phone. Hailie leaned over to look, and saw a hair tuft caught in a crystal. Hailie didn't know anything about Sinnoh except that it was a place, nor did she know who Roark was, but the fossil had come from an older version of Sinnoh called the Hisuian Region. Hailie looked at Yuki with renewed interest when he was released from within his Pokeball. Indeed, regular Zoroark were dark colored, and this one was white and red. Sapphire's demeanor suddenly changed and Hailie looked at her curiously, noticing that the coordinator appeared that she was holding back tears. Whatever she'd learned about the Hisuian Region, she'd cried for a week straight. "What? ...What was it like?" Hailie asked uncertainly. She'd seen a lot of weird things but wasn't sure if that prepared her for whatever might make an older girl cry.

Ruby comforted Sapphire, and then said she was going to head back ahead of everyone to get ready. Hailie waved back and smiled. "Thanks! Again. Bye!" Hailie watched as Ruby took off running. Hailie now stood around rather awkwardly as she waited for Nurse Joy to come back out with Glaceon.

Ken had left the Team Rocket base and headed out into the jungle. He walked stiffly, still on edge after what had happened back at the base. The pain medicine helped, but his arm still throbbed under the bandages. He was also tense with fear of what he might have gotten himself into with Ursaluna. Would it really just listen to him so easily? What if it attacked him again? What he feared perhaps more than that was the prospect of having to return it because it was too much for him to handle. He'd never live that down. Somehow, some way, he would have to handle it.
Away from any trails, he was pushing through the dense foliage, stepping carefully around wide tree trunks and thorny thickets, alert for anything that might be harmful. He could see a place up ahead that was brighter than the gloom beneath the canopy. He reached this bright area and came out into a clearing in the jungle. It was small, but it was secluded enough he shouldn't be troubled by anyone. He let out Zubat and Rattata, who had been fully healed. Zubat fled from the daylight and hung upside down on the branch of one of the many nearby trees. Rattata sat there and looked around, trying to ascertain why she'd been let out.
"You two are going to help me out with Ursaluna, if it gets out of control," Ken told the two Pokemon while knowing there would be little they could do to help outside of being a distraction. But if one of them got munched so that Ken could escape, then they'd have done something useful and he could just get another Zubat or Rattata, or whatever else little Pokemon were everywhere and easy to obtain. Rattata made a chittering sound, but Zubat said nothing. Now Ken looked at Ursaluna's Pokeball. His nerves quickened his pulse. He gulped. Then, he straightened up, telling himself that he wouldn't show any fear. He just hoped his body wouldn't betray him. He loosed Ursaluna.

The Shadow Pokemon roared in rage as soon as she materialized. She snorted and turned in circles, swiping at the air, snarling. Every ounce of her body demanded revenge on the Aggron who'd knocked her out in one hit. Only, she didn't see it. She didn't see anyone. Until she completed another spin and her glowing red eyes landed on a human; the Rattata was beneath her notice. She snorted again as she tried to decide if the human was something to kill.

Ken's hazel eyes widened when he saw how angry Ursaluna was, but he managed to stand still and not quaver. This almost changed when it stopped its spinning and stared at him; that nearly caused him to break and run. He felt at least a little confident that, if it started to charge him, he could dash into the treeline and put the thick jungle brush between himself and the Shadow Pokemon. "Hey! Listen up!" he told the Pokemon as firmly as he could, but then he hesitated in a loss of words. "You probably want payback, right?" Ken sure did. "That's not gonna happen until you get even stronger! I can help you. But you need to listen to me!"

Ursaluna smelled blood, and remembered that she had been the one to wound this human. He was not worth it. He was too soft. He was saying something to her, but she wasn't really registering any of it. Her mind swam with thoughts of tearing into something, but it would not be satisfying to do so to this human. There was something else, like a nagging in the back of her mind to not attack him, but she didn't stop to think any more about that. Her eyes shifted about as she looked for something to kill.

Ken was feeling a little more confident since Ursaluna appeared to calm down and hadn't rushed him yet. "Good! This will be really easy. I'll transport you around in your Pokeball and when I need you, I let you out, and all you have to do is listen to me and attack whatever I tell you to attack. The more you behave, the more you can come out! But if you don't obey me, there will be consequences!" he bluffed. "Got it?"

But Ursaluna turned to the side and roared at nothing. Then she charged at the forest and used High Horsepower to knock down two trees.

Ken thought that maybe it would be better to give Ursaluna a way to get its energy out. He returned it to its Pokeball and sighed with mixed relief and frustration. It wasn't going to listen as readily as he'd hoped, but it also hadn't tried to attack him again. If it wanted to fight so badly, he'd give it something to fight! "Come on, you two. Let's go find someone. Anyone." Ken continued on, trekking through the jungle. Rattata scurried after him and Zubat took to the air, his large, sensitive ears alert for this 'anyone' they were seeking.