Takeout and eat at the park, then?

Sounds good! 

(She does hide in a convenient alley while food is being acquired.)

Entirely reasonable of her.

Then they can find a nice spot for a picnic dinner.

She seems to favor a larger, more forested park, curling up in some shade on the edge of a clearing very far away from people. 

She's watching Ellie and Intrepid a lot while she eats. Seems thoughtful. 

Ellie flicks a bit of rice at Umbreon's nose, playfully.

She scrunches up her nose and then laughs.

"Deep thoughts for a little umbreon?"

"Mmmm."

"Well, don't let it spoil your food. I don't think the muk and grimer will appreciate it as much."

Nope! It's her food. 

She turns back to eating with a little smile, finishing fairly soon after - a bit before Ellie and Intrepid.

She won't have to wait too much longer for them to finish up.

She doesn't go to pack up right away, just - hesitating. Sending Ellie especially a lot of short glances. 

"-Something you want?"

"...Ah." Small noise, and she bites her lip.

She settles back down. "Well, take your time."

Intrepid snuggles against Ellie, trying to look politely interested but not pushy. It's a hard balance. 

...Mrrrr.

This would be so much easier if they weren't nice. Umbreon could just preemptively run away. 

She's absolutely ready to run away now but she doesn't want to. 

...Deep breath. 

...More pause to even her breathing, and -

Slowly: "I can. Speak human."

Her words are a bit fragmented, her accent incredibly thick, like her mouth and vocal chords aren't quite meant for this. 

Surprised blink.

Uncertain mrrrrr.

She looks very skittish. More than she did when Ellie first met her, actually. 

Uhhh reciprocating verbalizations is probably a good idea here-

"I honestly was not expecting anything close to that and am not quite sure what to say. It seems like you're expecting me to react poorly to this which I would guess in some way ties into why you don't like crowds and preferred to live alone in the forest so I don't want to- do anything that will remind you of that."

She relaxes a teensy bit. Still kinda wary, but. 

"...You're. Nice."

Bit of a smile.

"I'm glad you think so."

Chirp! (It's true, Ellie's the nicest.)

She smiles and moves closer, a bit hesitantly, until she's in arm's reach again. 

"Is it okay it I pet you?"