"You scared it. You have to be more gentle." The source of the comment is a short, stocky, grey-haired man in a long-sleeved red polo and khakis (he still refuses to wash the Smeargle 'art' off his labcoat, they worked hard on that!!!!), flanked by a 7-foot-tall orange bipedal dragon.

He approaches a bit closer, gently tossing a cracker toward the boy. "Here, set that down nearby and hold absolutely still. Let it come to you."