Huh. School was mandatory until you were 18 for Ash. He was only coming up to the end of his education and boy did he feel the pressure of needing to find a job and a career and all that. And then he'd ended up in Johto and had just, rolled with life here.

"Lavender was that? I might need to check that place out someday if it's got the music bizz. But oh yeah, Olivine's awesome! It's right by the shore, with a lighthouse and a dock. There's a ton of nice places to eat by the coastline, and in summer it gets real busy. But it means that the rest of the year, it's really chill. And you can get to the Sevii Islands from there."