[A.B.A wasn't out to find Mightyena, only crossing paths by chance on her way to go and continue her battle training. The sudden, unexpected sight of the guild leader in person causes her to freeze up instantly, although this time not out of fear.
...Or, well, that may not be completely true, there's some kind of fear, but...not the usual fear she's used to. She's not scared of Mightyena in the traditional sense, even though she's experienced her raw power first hand when they sparred. Even though she commands such an intimidating presence, even though she holds so much respect so effortlessly. Mightyena...is everything A.B.A pretends to be. That terrifying, authoritative power... But...instead of using it to chase people off, like A.B.A often imagines that she's doing, people instead flock to Mightyena. It's so strange, she never imagined that such a combination could exist. Terrifying...yet welcoming?
No, A.B.A can't put a name to it, but this feeling she has...is possibly her first taste of gratitude. Gratitude and admiration. She's not going to kid herself, she knows she's just as strange and unnatural here as she was back home, she can see it in the locals' eyes. No guild was fighting to take her, no one even knows what she is. But Mightyena approached her... She called her irreplaceable... She housed her, fed her more than she's ever been fed in her entire life, and made her feel less like an outsider. Her!! Not an outsider!! She's never...felt like she belonged anywhere before, certainly not like this.
This fear...it's the fear that she might do something stupid to let her down, she wants Mightyena to like her so much, she doesn't want to give her a reason to think she's made a mistake. She wants to continue feel...wanted, and if she ever lost this feeling, she isn't sure what she'd do.
As A.B.A's mind spirals with these thoughts, she misses the fact that she is no longer "frozen," but rather sloooooowly shuffling her way forward until she's finally right up to the "Bite" Pokémon, front and center. She squawks, surprised by her actions, by her own betrayal to...herself, and just unleashes every thought all that once.]
M-Mightyena!! H-H-How do you do?! I'm quite well, actually, your glorious hospitality has been a beacon to my otherwise bleak and empty soul- I was just on my way to continue training- I've been training ever since, you know and- I do believe it's time for me to go now- GOODBYE!!!
Oran
...Or, well, that may not be completely true, there's some kind of fear, but...not the usual fear she's used to. She's not scared of Mightyena in the traditional sense, even though she's experienced her raw power first hand when they sparred. Even though she commands such an intimidating presence, even though she holds so much respect so effortlessly. Mightyena...is everything A.B.A pretends to be. That terrifying, authoritative power... But...instead of using it to chase people off, like A.B.A often imagines that she's doing, people instead flock to Mightyena. It's so strange, she never imagined that such a combination could exist. Terrifying...yet welcoming?
No, A.B.A can't put a name to it, but this feeling she has...is possibly her first taste of gratitude. Gratitude and admiration. She's not going to kid herself, she knows she's just as strange and unnatural here as she was back home, she can see it in the locals' eyes. No guild was fighting to take her, no one even knows what she is. But Mightyena approached her... She called her irreplaceable... She housed her, fed her more than she's ever been fed in her entire life, and made her feel less like an outsider. Her!! Not an outsider!! She's never...felt like she belonged anywhere before, certainly not like this.
This fear...it's the fear that she might do something stupid to let her down, she wants Mightyena to like her so much, she doesn't want to give her a reason to think she's made a mistake. She wants to continue feel...wanted, and if she ever lost this feeling, she isn't sure what she'd do.
As A.B.A's mind spirals with these thoughts, she misses the fact that she is no longer "frozen," but rather sloooooowly shuffling her way forward until she's finally right up to the "Bite" Pokémon, front and center. She squawks, surprised by her actions, by her own betrayal to...herself, and just unleashes every thought all that once.]
M-Mightyena!! H-H-How do you do?! I'm quite well, actually, your glorious hospitality has been a beacon to my otherwise bleak and empty soul- I was just on my way to continue training- I've been training ever since, you know and- I do believe it's time for me to go now- GOODBYE!!!