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[The Seedot that comes on is quivering in a combination of strain and excitement as the camera is hurriedly focused on it. A moment after the image stops shaking, it nods, relaxes, and starts glowing. Motes of light swirl around it as its glowing body nearly doubles in size and reforms into a humanoid shape before the light blasts away to reveal a newly-evolved male Nuzleaf, who flexes and lets out a cry of "Nuzleaf!"

But that isn't all. After a pause where Nuzleaf nods, the image shakes as Apollo's hand comes into view and sets down a Leaf Stone. The stone begins to glow as Nuzleaf picks it up, then Nuzleaf himself starts to glow. The glow of the stone flows into Nuzleaf and his body becomes a foot taller as it reforms, then the light kicks up dust as it blasts away once more to reveal a Shiftry, who gives a rather evil-looking grin as the depleted Leaf Stone cracks and becomes shiny dust that blows away in the breeze.

Apollo's voice comes in from off-screen.]

He wanted everyone to see both of his evolutions. He's a Shiftry now.

[Shiftry makes some fighting poses that somehow, despite being fairly conventional, have a vaguely ominous air about them.]

He wants to know what everyone thinks about his evolutions and his new body.

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I don't think it works that way.

[He glances off to the side for a moment.]

He's not telling me anything, but he's feeling pretty proud and smug right now.

Well.... as long as he's happy, that's what matters, right? [Garry wasn't sure he would evolve his pokemon that fast if he had the chance, but ultimately it is up to the pokemon themselves what they want to do.]

[He smiles and nods slightly.]

That's right.

Did you two have to plan a lot to get to this point? [Training enough to evolve and then having a stone handy doesn't seem like a simple coincidence.]

No. Grandpa met the Shiftry who he's friends with when he was a Seedot, so he could tell me what to expect. The main differences are that I met this Shiftry after he hatched from an egg and that he could evolve into a Shiftry a lot sooner because I had a Leaf Stone already. He was eager to get out into the world soon after he hatched, so it didn't take as long as it could have, either.

He sounds like a pretty enthusiastic pokemon! I'm sure he'll make a great partner.

He has been so far. I'm sure nothing will change that.