After being rather abruptly roped into traveling with Sandalphon (which Shrike still isn't entirely sure how that happened) so far, the journey's been relatively uneventful. That is, beyond the random wild Pokémon encounters. And the occasional challenge from a passing trainer. And those weird, inexplicable, annoying ledges that even Shrike, having lived in the mountains for the past three years, couldn't readily climb up.

Well, it's been relatively uneventful according to this world's weird standards, at least.

That said, even uneventful journeys are tiring, especially when you're traveling on foot, so as evening drags on Shrike's getting ready to settle down for the night. Which mostly means unpacking his sleeping bag and getting ready to crawl into it... while still keeping his cloak loosely draped about to keep his head and face covered. What a weird kid.