[If the red is catching his attention, then she's succeeded in her motive for wearing it; some old habits die hard, and drawing notice happens to be one of them, whether it's something as grandiose as a theft or something as simple as running a daily errand.]

Explosion, actually. I wasn't pleased when she learned the lesser of the two; I could've done without her learning the greater, along with it.

[She hands over the battered Voltorb, then retrieves three Pokeballs from her belt and sets them down on the counter as well. She'd have carried them in personally, too, but her Golem and Togekiss were far too big for it, and between the Koffing and Voltorb, the Voltorb was the worse off of the two.]

Unfortunately, this time the herd mentality got the better of her. It ended badly for everyone involved.