[Violet's question brightens up Louie's mood immediately, even though it reminds him that she's got an Espurr. If you'd told him when he first got here that he'd end up so attached to his pokemon, he would have been skeptical, but it happened all the same. Plus, both of his starting pokemon were cats. He's happy to tell Violet about them.]

Well, I kind of have two. For a while, I wasn't here anymore-- Sometimes people end up back where they're from, and most of the time it stays that way... But sometimes it doesn't. So when I wound up home and then back here, I had a new starter.

[Louie gets out a pokeball, and presses the button on it to send a Perrseker. The pokemon opens its mouth wide, sharply pointed teeth on full display... In a yawn.]

This is Penningar! You know, because he looks like a viking. And he's great, he likes sleep even more than I do. And he doesn't like walking around a lot, either. He still tries to get piggy-back rides from me, but he's way too big and heavy for that since he evolved. He's gotten better at battling, but he's still super lazy.

And then Shilling was the first pokemon I ever got. I was able to get him back again, too, he's just not with me right now. He's like a cat, too, but more like a wild cat than Penn. He's more of a fighter, too. Way more of one. It can get intense, but it's come in handy once or twice. And he's pretty smart, too.