[Such are the hazards of keeping the world's shyest Vulpix in your roster. Yagyuu's mostly used to it by now, frankly, which is also why he's largely unfazed by her hiding. She'll come back out eventually, once it occurs to her that there was never any danger at all.]

I hope it's not poisoned. The waitresses at my usual coffee shop seem to have adopted an unusually fervent investment in the goings-on of my personal life.

[He remarks, deadpan, as he opens the department store bags and begins to unpack his spoils—shirts, ties, sweaters, a Fire Stone...]