[ That's a very reasonable question and, completely unaware that he's messaging the same woman who'd painted the Halo fot he Sun blue to get a jab at him and who kept shouting at him that his faith was bullshit, he replies just as politely ]

The Vulpix comes, carrying the Riolu with the bird beside her. The Hitmonchan often just watches. I don't think it is comfortable around my Pokemon or me. I mistook it for something else at first.

The Riolu and Fletching play with my Cubone. And sometimes with my Audino or my Weavile. When I gather my pokemon to talk about the Order, the Vulpix sets the Riolu and Fletching to listen and joins them too. I don't talk about certain things when they're there. But my Cubone has requested that I describe the Halo of the Sun to them before. [ By eagerly grabbing his coat and pointing at the Halo on his skull, then plopping down next to his friends gleefully ] After the lesson is done and I have prayed, they leave.

[ There's a pause before he texts again. He can feel his heart thumping and has to swallow around a nervous lump in his throat ]

I'm not fond of dogs. I've been bitten by one before. But I'm not scared of them. The Vulpix and the Riolu. I don't know what their names are but I call them Gaurdian and Truth. I called the Hitmonchan Val and the Fletching Variance. I know that's not their names.