"The mirelands were definitely bad...it wasn't anything corrosive exactly," Emporio admits, "But a lot of the mud there was literally boiling..."

He turns as the pokemon sounds attract his attention, and blinks. "Uh... ...Stoat..?"

'Stoat', as she's not so creatively named, gently brings the claw closer...and closer...

...And starts combing Godric's bangs.

"..............Oh... ...I guess she's...grooming him..?"

The start of a friendship, probably.