Min was stretched out on a bench outside Oak's lab with Koban asleep on his chest. The overcast sky gave him respite from the glaring sun, but shafts of golden light still struck out from breaks in the clouds. One of those glimmering shafts struck his anodized aluminum shoes shattering it into an array of colors gleaming off their surface. Min was absent-mindedly petting him while they waited. One hand worked its way down the meowth's body while the thumb on the other hand gently went up and down the ridges on the coin on his head. Koban had made himself comfortable in Min's loose silky robes. His forepaws gently wrapped around the broach on Min's robes while he slept. If it was not for the way he was petting Koban one would have sworn he was asleep too. He kept his eyes hidden behind mirrored lenses and did not seem to stir much on the bench. He did not want to disturb the sleeping pokemon focusing on comforting it while it slept. He remained alert, but he was not used to being out during the day. The light bothered him and he has spent much of his time tending to the dittos in the shade. But professor Oak worked days, so if he was going to respond to the letter it would have to be during the day. It was well worth it to get help from the professor. While younger children might have done this alone, it was always nice to have someone who knew what they were doing helping out. Any supplies or advice would be useful and a lead as to where to go would be beneficial as well. Everything about this worked to his advantage.

He could not help but wonder what was in store while he waited for the professor. He was not sure whether it was an all call sort of thing where he was gathering groups or if the professor was specifically looking for someone with experience breeding. He hoped that he would not disappoint him by not having the sort of pokemon needed. If it was an all call style it was likely that the particular sort of pokemon and skill set would matter less than just having warm bodies to do work. He could only imagine how busy the man was. Studying any one of them could take a lifetime studying all of them had to be even harder no matter how many assistants one had. He knew his siblings who went out to learn about them found it a daunting task. It seemed more likely that it was a mass mail sort of thing as it seemed to be a form letter rather than specific to an individual. Not that there was anything wrong with that. He was just glad to have someone helping who could find use for him in return.

Min gently lifted Koban off of his chest as he got up and took off his glasses saying, "I am sorry, sir. We tend to be more active at night. I am not sure why he seems to prefer the night, but my parent's persian was the same way. I assumed you would be along shortly, but I figured I would give him some time to rest until you were ready for us.""



He set Koban down beside him and straitened his clothes. With out the glasses the red color of his eyes was visible. His eyes seemed alert enough if he was sleeping he had sprung back quickly. He had figured it was polite to allow people to look at your eyes rather than keeping the glasses on while talking. They imposed a barrier between people and he was going to be going inside shorty. He had not met the professor before, but this was very much what he thought a professor would look like. He had expected glasses, but otherwise the image fit. It was a stereotype, but at least it was not that bad as far as stereotypes went. There was nothing wrong with glasses. They looked kinda cool to be honest.