[That isn't exactly comforting to her. Clara lowers her head and glares, making several small annoyed grunts. Sure they could be harmless, but she's not taking any chances.]

I think she's just having an off day, but so long as she doesn't ram into you, I think you'll be okay. [Riku knows the issue is more with the bugs and less over Blue herself, but still. He can handle getting tackled by a Skiddo; Blue might not.]

It's okay. A lot of my co-workers were talking about and it's easy enough to explore. [At least for a Dark type.] Oh yeah? I've heard that there's lots of different kinds of Pokemon out there too. Some Grass and a Water type named Marill...

[He's been trying to do his research on the areas around them.]