_{[She's gotten better at the friend thing in Johto. After all, she's always been a naturally-social and outgoing person... and without the restraints of secrecy and past reputations holding her back, it's been far easier to make friends here. ... Not to mention, there was a nicer crop of GOOD PEOPLE to choose from.]}

I guess...

But yeah, uh... I wasn't really... planning on it.

I figured I'd just get a job... see where things went from there.

_{[Skipping town and just STARTING OVER somewhere else had occurred to her, too... but the world wasn't kind to eighteen-year-old girls with no family support or college education to carry them on their first time on their own.]}