"I'm not sure if I can get any species that are common here! Usually I'd get a species that also exists on my planet, and it'd just be especially pretty and maybe a metallic color - keep going, Wooliam, you've got it! - but maybe there are celestial versions of species here too that I could summon now I know about them."

Oh, like how Alola has a special prettier version of Ninetales. That makes sense.

Wooliam goes to tackle the hiker's Pokémon—

"Riolu, Counter!"

The Riolu braces itself, and as Wooliam runs into it, it catches some of Wooliam's momentum and turns it back on Wooliam.

Wooliam falls to the ground, exhausted. (The Riolu looks like it's decently damaged, though.)

Oh no! "I guess you win?"

He blinks a little. "—It looks like you've got two more Pokémon with you, you can keep battling as long as you've got Pokémon left to fight."

"If that's how it works, I guess!" Out comes Pauta! ...she doesn't actually know what Pauta can do so hopefully Pauta can figure it out.

Pauta will attempt to scratch at the Riolu! Pauta is notably worse at fighting than Wooliam, but between Wooliam's earlier efforts and the paralysis, she's able to take it down before it can hit her back.

"Nice work!" 

He offers her some paper money.

"- is there always an implicit bet on these things?"

"Huh. You know, I never really thought about it like that."

"I don't actually have any local money, just some silver I had on me when I was transported to this planet, so I won't turn you down, but it's good to know - is this the usual stake -" She counts it up. "Can you scoot your Pokémon a little closer and I'll heal the lot of them?"

"There's not a single stake that's usual — let's say I beat a ten year old and they hand me a fifty-Pokédollar coin, I'm not going to start complaining, you know? I guess maybe you don't know, if you're an alien. Three or four hundred would be pretty standard around these parts."

He moves his Riolu closer.

She holds forth her rainbow bird and channels.

"Thank you very much! Safe travels!"

"Shelyn's blessings go with you!" she chirps, and she re-balls her Pokémon and proceeds down the road.

As she walks, the tall grass gets thicker and harder to avoid.

...she will have Wooliam out to take point and nibble on the grass, how about.

Wooliam is content to do this. ...Possibly a little too content. He seems more interested in eating the grass than on actually continuing to walk down the road.

Well, if he's hungry and wants a lunch break she'll let out Pauta too and take out her packed lunch.

Pauta finds some seeds on the ground and starts eating them.

Lunch is a pair of mini-sandwiches, topped with cheese and tomatoes.

Yum.

When they've had some time to forage are they any more willing to forge on through the grass?