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[kaidont]

[You know who's, for once, not found outside Union? This guy.

Partly because of the people camping outside. The city officials might be all chummy with them, but he almost got trampled by a rampaging Nidoking because of them, and he doesn't feel like talking to them nicely. Or handing them any piece of technology, for that matter.

He knows himself well enough to know he'll just start fights if he tries interacting with them, so he's keeping himself inside the walls for now. It's probably best after this mindless training anyway.

The other reason is currently resting against his legs. His egg finally hatched, revealing a Trapinch... which is cool and all, except it keeps kind of falling forward with the weight of its own head if it's standing on the ground... and he can't keep it burried all the time. Especially when you live in a tower.

So his baby Trapinch is slowly following after him, bumping its head against his legs whenever they stop. He would have lost his patience long ago, had his newly evolved Floette not been calming him down.

Be careful not to fall into any holes. Thankfully, they shouldn't be too deep]

Comments

[at_too_low]

Yeah. Probably would be a pain to get enough sand, too, and drag it back home... Still, a good alternative for winter or rainy days.

[kaidont]

[siiiiiigh] I just hope he evolves fast.

[Guess who's gonna be doing more intensive training in the future]

[at_too_low]

Haha, you're a bit out of luck with that. Trapinch are... uh, slow starters. Not as bad as some other Pokemon out there, but still. And next you'll have him flying around giving people headaches.

[kaidont]

Brilliant.

[at_too_low]

Well, that stage of life is much shorter at least! It evolves again pretty soon after that, and the last evolution is kind of a marvel. I think it's rather worth the trouble preceding it! I've never seen a Flygon myself, but the sound of its wings is documented to be like singing! I'd love to hear that. I wonder if that means that they get better control of their wings as they grow up and evolve?

[Yep, that's Atsuro for you.]

[kaidont]

... maybe, yeah. I still don't know how they go from this [gesturing towards the hole] to dragon, though.

[at_too_low]

[He laughs]

Yeah, sounds weird, doesn't it? I think it mostly has to do with the middle evolution, though. The first stage - Trapinch - can be compared to a kind of... a larva, yeah. That makes sense if you think in the context of the first two stages - you wouldn't be surprised if you just had Trapinch and Vibrava, yes? It's like the Caterpie line, really, just that the cocoon stage doesn't take nearly as long. And, well, going from that, it's much easier to see Vibrava evolving into Flygon, yes? They're not that far apart, strictly speaking. Flygon is just a more... complete, polished version, biologically speaking.

[kaidont]

[... it does make sense when you put it like that]

[at_too_low]

[Never underestimate the infodumps, Kaido. He grins when he sees you're listening and actually paying attention.]

Evolution mechanisms are pretty cool, aren't they?

[kaidont]

I guess.

[at_too_low]

[... He snickers at that. Usually you don't even finish listening to him]

I find it interesting how it manifests in Enlightened, too. I mean, we don't go through transformations as extreme as Pokemon do, but it's still impressive.

[kaidont]

Yeah speaking of that how come you get all the cool powers and all I get is "hit hard"?

[at_too_low]

[Grin~]

I thought you liked hitting hard, though?

[kaidont]

Yeah but hitting hard's not gonna help me much if I'm paralysed.

[at_too_low]

Hmm... Well, I could probably help you train to break out of that on your own. Besides, I need to practice my paralysing attack somehow, and it's hard to do when you have no real target.

[kaidont]

... this is going to involve a lot of sore muscles, isn't it?

[Note that he hasn't said no]

[at_too_low]

Yes, but don't you get that after your normal workouts, too?

[kaidont]

There's sore and sore. And your enthusiasm is worrying me.

[at_too_low]

We can do it after your normal training, then, and besides, it's a good way to measure your limits and recovery time! You have to agree that's important.

[kaidont]

[Eyeroll, and he pulls down on your hat a bit. It's kind of fond, well, for Kaido anyway]

You're too invested in finding out my limits.

[at_too_low]

[Hey, don't touch the hat]

You should be the one invested in finding them out, though. I'm just helping you along.

[kaidont]

I'm more invested in pushing them.

[at_too_low]

Yeah, but too much pushing and there will be no going back. That's why you have to know what your limits are in the first place.

[kaidont]

[Heh... a side smile slides on his face]

[at_too_low]

[He's a little puzzled by that, but it's nice to see you seem to be approving of it. You get a smile in return and a pat to your shoulder]

Soooo, I'll be helping you out with that!