This was bad. She needed to do something--she stands up.

"I owe you an apology. It's not much but... I'll go if it'll make you feel better. I owe you that much, at least."

'Owe'. That was really Otsuu's favorite word. It might not mean much to the other person but if she put it that way... She'd be sure to pay him back somehow later even if it was just to leave him alone. "C'mon, Poppy."

The Popplio glanced at the Togepi and then back at her trainer as if wondering what was going on.