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[neededlassie]

[It's not Shaun that the camera catches first, but his newest pokemon - a little Pichu peering curiously into the camera.]

Move, Calvin--

[He only sounds slightly exasperated, to his credit, as he picks it up under its arms and pulls it in close.]

Uh, I need some advice.

Calvin doesn't know how to control the electricity in his cheeks yet, and he keeps zapping me and my other Pokemon. Richie and Blaze can handle it, but Susie's a water type and I'm worried he's going to hurt her real bad. It seems mean to keep him in his ball, though, just because he's too little to control his electricity... What should I do?

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[timelymaid]

Apparently zapping one another - Pikachu, I mean - is a part of their language, so...it can help to have other electric types around it's safe with, but I'd say the best thing to do is training in the mornings, maybe? Enough to wear him out a bit for really big shocks?

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[neededlassie]

...I dunno if Susie would like having any more electric types around. I mean, the one we have is already a handful.

That sounds like a good idea. We'll try that tomorrow.

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[timelymaid]

Let me know how it goes! I hope it works, but if not, we can try to come up with something else?

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[neededlassie]

Thanks, Aradia!

The Pokedex says it'll get better when he evolves, too, so maybe that'll be soon.

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[timelymaid]

No problem!

And hmm...My pichu evolved after about two months of training, but I think it depends!

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[neededlassie]

Well, I think he likes me plenty, so maybe it'll be soon. I don't think I wanna send a Pichu up against Falkner, no matter how tough he is.

I think his shocks are stronger than most Pichu.

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[timelymaid]

Definitely! Waiting for the evolution sounds smart.

Maybe you should measure them?

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[neededlassie]

That sounds like a good idea! How would I do that? I don't...know where I can find any other Pichu to test...

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[timelymaid]

...I suppose maybe asking if anyone on the network has Pichu? Or perhaps the Pokecenter has that sort of ability...or at least one of the pokemon professors ought to know!

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[neededlassie]

[Shaun looks a little intimidated at the notion of having more than one Pichu in one place - he can hardly keep his own under control.]

I guess I could ask Nurse Joy.

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[timelymaid]

I think she'd probably know best, really! You have to figure they measure this sort of thing somewhere, right?

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[neededlassie]

I tried asking her what to do about Calvin's sparking, but she just seemed confused why I didn't keep him in his ball...

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[timelymaid]

...Wow, that's not the most helpful response at all! No wonder you asked all of us.

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[neededlassie]

I think she meant well, I mean since I asked because it was bothering Susie... And they don't really seem to mind being in their balls, but it doesn't seem fair to keep him in there when the rest of them get to be out of their balls all the time. Especially when he didn't do anything wrong. He's just too little to know better.

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[timelymaid]

True. I think perhaps the balls are pocket dimensions of a sort!