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>There was a real possibility the lost zorua might move into a neighborhood you cleared.
>Maybe he was on the other side of town.
>Perhaps outside the city.
>The thoughts did little to dampen your spirits.
>You’d do this again if you must.
>You wished you had time to slow down.
>During this cross-town scavenger hunt, you’d seen plenty more than humans.
>But you didn’t have the freedom to observe their aura for long.
>Your Pokémon knowledge wasn’t perfect.
>Some stood out.
>A rattata at the trash cans.
>A skuntank skittering across the road.
>A venipede in the bushes.
>A vaporeon paddling in a backyard pool.
>Others didn’t.
>A spiky pokémon was hugging an industrial freezer door in that restaurant.
>That one near the pond looked like a giant grasshopper.
>Some huge monitor-lizard was cooking in a kitchen.
>Part of you wanted to gawk.
>There was no shortage of people out and about.
>You didn’t need aura to see how eager people were to catch a glimpse of a real Pokémon.
>Young people were especially looking hard.
>All the more reason to find Harry as soon as you could.
>A Machamp unloading a grocery store semi-truck gathered quite the crowd.
>The big guy definitely enjoyed the attention.
>Between his incredible feats of strength, he struck weight-lifting poses.
>You didn’t know there were stances for something with four arms.
>Alas, the search here also bore no fruit.
>The next stop was the house.
>It would be easy to get lost in this area.
>The small, one-story ranch home was one of many.
>It was like someone took cookie-cutters and got dozens of the same house.
>And frosted them the same three colors.
>You led Hal through backyards, weaving through bushes and over fences.
>The path with the least risk of being spotted was not easy, but it put you both at ease.
>You sensed nobody at the neighbor’s house, and hunched down behind a fence to open your mind.
>To your disappointment, you sensed nothing.
>The house was empty.