The little beast was incredibly noisy when it wanted to be, and Ash was eager to take it as his new excuse. Claudia had pressed her luck a little too much. Her shy act dropped abruptly, leaving her arms hanging bonelessly at her sides and head sagging to the side as she considered the pair with a glassy stare, eyes wide and round and unsettlingly red. "I can race," she said. She wasn't going to be doing that with the morning sun, though, so she would just have to show off how fast she was now. In a blink, she was behind him, so fast that the breath of her wake only hit him as she said, "See?," cheerfully. She was in the perfect position to snatch Pikachu quickly, both hands around him and squeezing just a little too tight.