As if on cue, the sleek, polished glass doors slid apart, splashing Lucas with a minty-fresh cool breeze, like peppermint candy was licking his face.

But nothing could've prepared him for the flood of eye candy that crashed into him! It almost brought him to his knees.

"Dude, it's just a store. Why do you look like you're about to cry?" Dawn strolled into the gallery of shelves and aisles, casually grabbing a blue basket from a stack by the door.

She stopped and turned back to the... shall we say, clueless and innocent boy standing by the entrance with swirling galaxies of disbelief in his eyes.

"Are you coming? You'll catch a flu standing under the door air-conditioning thingy, silly..." Dawn said.

"Sure!" Lucas didn’t hesitate, hopping after her, past the cashiers who wore amused smiles behind their tills—straight into DREAMLAND!

Could he believe it? He certainly couldn’t!

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The floor was white and shiny, squeaking into his ears as he spun his head around like a UFO, taking in the shelves stocked with...everything.

Bright pink spray bottles, bright green spray bottles, bright yellow spray bottles—all lined up in the most flawless rows. The lights were pure and white, like stars installed into the ceiling!

And what was that sound? Was that jazz? The smoothest, silkiest jazz filled his ears, completing the supermarket experience!

"Let’s start with the basics," Dawn's voice pulled him out of la-la land for a second. "This is a potion. Lucas—Lucas! I need you to look for a second, okay?"

"Yeah... s-sorry, it's just—"

"I know. But seriously, it’s just 3500p; it’ll be gone before you even blink—"

"No, that’s not it," Lucas said, shaking his head. "This is all new to me..."

Dawn's fluffy yet sharp blue brows spiked up like a heart monitor. He couldn’t be serious. No way.

"If you tell me you've never been to a pokémart once in your life, I'll drop dead right here and give you 5000p next month because I know you'd be lying."

But Lucas just stared at her. And there it was, swimming in his pale blue eyes: the truth.

The words "Oh my gosh..." dropped right out of Dawn’s mouth.

"Actually, I’ve never been to any store. We don’t have those in Twinleaf. People usually just come here or go to Jubilife for that..." he explained, demystifying the whole situation.

"Wha—as if that makes it any better, Lucas!"