At first, Ash was paralyzed when Misty said those words. He knew exactly – no matter what he was going to respond, Misty would deny it permanently. Giovanni seemed to have done a perfect job manipulating her. Since Ash knew practically nothing about her past, much less about her parents, he had to approach this differently. But how? Maybe it was still a good opportunity to finally learn the truth about Misty’s well-kept secret. He strongly hoped for the informations he would get to be true. Now he lacked good ideas. Never mind, he just had to try it! There was just too much on the line. „Oh, I did?“, he started and tr