Shinji's smile widened as Ester woke up, and he walked closer. "Oh, I'm sorry if I woke you up.." He trailed off. "Ahh.. well.. I've been doing a lot of traveling lately, trying to find good places to train.." Yeah, he really had no idea what he was doing there.
Then, he noticed the marks on her arms. "Are you alright? I would imagine trees are not very comfortable to sleep against.." Skitty earned a smile and a nice head rub. Wurmple curiously climbed down to Skitty, shyly but curious. She'd grown a lot in such a short time, and was getting braver.
"What are you doing out here?" Besides sleeping under trees, anyway.