*Tethin contemplates wither or not to leave The Rope God to his struggles to catch and kill the pig one his own or to ignore the pig and help the Rope God out. After thinking for a few hauls, he figures that The Rope God should do fine for now, as he has softened the earth around the hole, making it easier to pull the small metal creature out of it.
He then also remembers that Chis is made of candy and seems to have the ability to create an infinite amount of food for the group. He considers the situation, and getting hostile to the pig would also invite opportunities to getting hurt.
He hears Riolu speak.* "That's all well and good, but can you get off of your haunches and help us here? If that smush ball gets dropped into a hole, you'll know how to handle it. So consider this practice. Once we get whatever this thing is out of the ground, we can catch the pig. Looks big, so it'll last the four of us about two days, if we exclude the candy bug's abilities."
*He thinks about the artifact Riolu talks about, and how it seems similar to what the steampunks to the eastern lands of his world would come up with. He also looks at Chis, then the sky, wondering how things could be so differant from what he knows, but he doesn't question it, knowing he won't understand anyway.*