"There weren't. Of course, we could drastically reduce travel time by bringing multiple flying types at once, which we did to traverse Victory Road, but it did take a bit of planning to be efficient about it.

"And traveling during winter isn't too difficult if you're properly prepared and supplied."

Not that Sion ever liked it, mind.

"As for a gym, it was offered as a possibility from the start when challenging the Elite Four was opened to us, so it seemed a reasonable option to aim for if we intended to challenge them anyway. Especially seeing as the freedom in designing the gym and its theme would allow us to offer things no other place here did."

Like the library.