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After Andarien translated again, Shiro sighed heavily and pinched his nose between his fingers.

"And poisons can act differently ... a weak or slow acting poison could have been administered long before, but a quick acting poison could have taken place shortly before then ..."

Andarien grimaced. "So we don't know."

Shiro sighed. "Yeah. We don't know." He looked at the two pokemon again. "I guess we just have to keep an eye on them ... and see if it happens again, and what the circumstances are. In the meantime, I'll read through what information I have about Pokemon and see what I can find."

Shiro shook his head. "Until we find out what's causing this, it's better not to," he told Miyuki apologetically. "Better safe than sorry. The last thing you need is to die in your sleep. We don't know how it works."

Andarien looked sad at that prospect, but he understood.

Andarien yawned. "Mi, did we have any other questions?" he asked her sleepily. "Cos I'm tired ..."

It had been a long and very adventuresome day, and the following day promised to be just the same.

Andarien stood up again. "Thanks again, Shiro," he said softly. "Let us know if you find something in your book, okay?"

Shiro nodded. "Of course. Good night."

"Good night." Andarien motioned for Eon and Ponydash to follow him, and headed back to his bedroom to wash up for bed.

Andarien hadn't slept well, but he was awake and ready when the sun came up to go down for breakfast.

"Eon, you stay here and I'll bring food back for you, all right?" he told his Pokemon seriously. "I'd take you with if I could but just in case I better not for now. Ponydash, you too, that way Eon won't be all alone."

The Ponyta pawed at the ground, but it lowered its head in acquiescence.

Andarien made sure his clothes were neatly done up, pulled his goggles over his eyes, and left his room to head down for breakfast.

Shiro was indeed already sitting at the breakfast table, though he didn't seem to be paying much attention to the food. He had his tablet on the table in front of him, and while he was scrolling with one hand, his eyes fixed upon the screen, he had a cup in the other hand and was taking only occasional sips from it.

Earendil in the meantime was making plans with Lin as to when they might take Lancaeriel to the city to see if she might find her husband, or just to see how it had changed (aside from the tailor and florist the day before), or the new settlement.

"Morning," Kaito greeted Miyuki between bites. "How goes?"

He was a neko of few words, especially when he was in the middle of eating (or napping).

Earendil nodded at Lin's comment. "Though I don't think that's until after lunch, right?" he asked. "So if we're back for lunch, we should be back in plenty of time."

He didn't want to miss the spar either: by the way Alassëa had been talking the day before, it seemed as though she didn't want to make a habit of this.

Kaito chuckled. "You never know. Some people aren't morning people. You've never had a problem getting up, but you know your brother."

He paused and looked around. "Speak of the devil, where is he?"

Andarien had not yet made it down to the dining room, as he was still on his way down the stairs. Without Eon and Ponydash by his side, he was slower, more thoughtful, so it was taking him longer than usual to reach the dining hall.

Earendil smiled at Lin. "We just have to make sure we make a schedule and keep to it. We'll be here a while, we can do visiting later. Right now the focus needs to be on getting through as much of it as we can without rushing it too badly. Give Lancaeriel the chance she needs to see if her husband is here."