"Good morning! I don't think Shelyn can give me Scald, at least not at first circle, but it was worth a try."

"Oh, that's not that surprising, human spells aren't usually that similar to Pokémon moves." At least, the sort of things she hears about psychics doing aren't very similar.

"Oh well. What's a good way to introduce oneself to a bunch of Mareep to see if any of them want to go on a trip?"

"We can head outside now and see if any of them like you!"

"Sounds good!"

Then they can head out to the pasture.

The Mareep are still there, just starting to wake up for the day.

"Good morning, Mareep!"

The Mareep bleat at her.

"Laia here is just about to start on her Pokémon journey here in Unova, and she's looking for a starter Pokémon to travel with her!"

It's not clear if the Mareep understand this at all, but one of them walks up and starts sniffing her hand.

She'll... be sniffed, she guesses! "Is it safe to pet them?"

"It might give you a little shock, but it's just static, it's not dangerous."

"Like a doorknob in winter?" Pet.

"Yes, like that."

Zap!!!!

"Eep!"

"I think it likes you."

"Do they have names?"

"This one is Wooliam. That one is Zippy and that one is Amy."

"Cute! Hi there Wooliam, I'm Laia."

Happy Mareep noises!

"Do you want to protect me on my trip to the city?"

More Mareep noises! It nibbles at her dress.

"Do they have their own language, or are they not quite at that level?" she asks the human.