Steve's Links
Steve is a little older then Pepper's brother Eddard, and she's known him her entire life. He and his family have tended to the forest around Pepper's childhood home for generations - so when the feathered family moved in next door, they just worked around them, eventually growing friendly and somewhat chatty as the years passed. Though Pepper didn't consider Steve a friend until very recently! Nope. Until Steve offered to come into town once a week and look after Pepper's yard, she always classed him as 'weird, but harmless'. Thanks to these visits though, which has allowed them to chat one-on-one, Pepper has learned a lot more about the nature-loving Darumaka, and has even consulted him on missions where she needs to go deep into the woods. Steve definitely dances to the beat of his own drum, and his knack for coaxing stubborn or sickly plants into bloom is uncanny, as are his tracking skills and knowledge of local herbs. There's no WAY he and his clan are descended from Shaymin like he claims, though! She simply can't buy it. Shaymin isn't even REAL...