The group continues down Route 12, walking along a riverbed with a strong current heading downstream. Sandslash is running up ahead, excited as it runs along the river. Elise: What’s up with Sandslash? Ian: It enjoys being by large sources of water. The water amazes it, after growing up in a desert and seeing it for the first time. Conway: When was that? Ian: When we went to a town filled with water. Conway: Hm. (His gaze drifts off, looking at the river.) Hey, look! Elise: What is it? Conway: A Slowpoke. (He pulls out a Pokéball.) A conundrum to evolution. Elise: Why? Conway: I caught, a Slowpoke!