It was then that one of the reasons Scarlet City residents were so incredibly bitter became clear. People often went inexplicably missing when out alone; they simply vanished like mirages, and were never seen again. (It was awfully easy for a small group of elite Team Rocket scientists to hide in a large place like Scarlet City.)

They called her the Lonely Tourist when she died, which was ironic: she had never much wanted for company, and her first journey was her last. Decades later, the nickname is finally appropriate. (Suppose when Ned makes people alive again, they remain forever as they were before they died.)

The thing was, Dany didn't look like she was the sort of person who would enjoy bar brawls at all, much less on a regular basis. Then again, she also didn't come across as the sort of person who would own three massive lizards that she would say were harmless iguanas but that were definitely komodo dragons. **Rating for instances of bad language

All things considered, there were probably worse ways to die. Permanently, for example, instead of staggering out of your parents' ghost portal still clinging desperately to half of your life. But if anyone asked his opinion—and they never did, funnily enough—he would advise them to avoid electrocution.