[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[The transmission opens with a slightly grainy and wobbly black-and-white image of the light of evolution fading to reveal a Fletchinder sitting on a fallen limb in the forest.]

I don't think I got most of it, did I?

[Fletchinder does his version of a shrug.]

That's too bad, but I'll get another chance.

[Fletchinder begins preening his new feathers while Apollo continues filming his starter.]

I've seen Pokémon evolve before, but this is the first time that someone who I've bonded with has evolved. It never stops being incredible to watch them change. I don't think I could ever get tired of seeing it. What about everyone else? Is it the same way for you?

[A brief pause as he remembers that not everyone is like him.]

How many of you have seen a Pokémon evolve before?

[The image wobbles severely for a bit while Apollo turns off the camera.]

Comments

[tinytactician]

No, but...but they're very small. It's easy for very small Pokemon to get stepped on or lost.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

That's true, especially if they're not fast or agile.

[tinytactician]

They're a Ralts and a Cherubi, so they're...easily trod upon.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

They would be, if people aren't careful. I know that Ralts get bigger when they evolve, but I don't know about Cherubi. Still, if you coddle them too much they won't become able to deal with living as well as they should.

[tinytactician]

...you're probably right. Being too overprotective isn't good for anyone.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

It's not, though some people seem to think it is for some reason.

[tinytactician]

I wonder, though...how does one avoid crossing the line and becoming too stern?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

I don't know. I try not to be stern at all.