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[It's the middle of the afternoon, and Shaun has something very important to share.]

Guess what! Guess what!

[The camera pans over to a rather proud-looking Floatzel and a Mightyena who's sitting loyally and staring at the Pokegear (really, at the boy holding it) with a curious head tilt, her tail wagging against the ground.]

Susie and Richie evolved! Look how big they are! Isn't that awesome?

[Forgive him, he's still at the self-centered age where he's relatively positive that almost everyone cares about his accomplishments. Or his pokemon's accomplishments, as it were. Also, Mightyena are rumored to only obey experienced trainers, so this kid must be no pushover to have her panting happily and butting her head against his hand when he reaches out from behind the Pokegear to scratch her behind the ear.]

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[Emily herself hasn't really had much of a chance to meet anyone around her age, let alone a boy. So this is pretty cool! But mostly she's focused on the Pokemon right now.]

I had no idea they could do that! Does that mean Corvo- Uh, hold on. [She moves the camera and points it down to the little green and white Ralts that is her starter Pokemon.] Will he evolve, too and get big and strong?

Oh, I want to find an egg for one then! I... don't really think I like the idea of catching them. Eggs seem better than stuffing them in balls...

[Shaun's never seen a Ralts before, but by the size of it and his own genre savvy, he can make an educated guess.]

Probably! You can look it up with your Pokedex or ask Nurse Joy to make sure, but he looks like he probably does.

Well they have to have their own Pokeballs even when you hatch them. Otherwise they're just the same as wild pokemon, and someone else could come and catch them. Keeping them in Pokeballs is like putting a collar on them. So that other trainers know they're yours.

It also protects them if they get hurt in battle, and makes it easier to carry them back to the Pokemon Center.

I know all of that.

[Or at least she's saying she does, but mostly she's just being stubborn because she doesn't like the idea of Pokeballs at all regardless.]

I will put them in balls when I have to, but only if I really have to. I wouldn't want to be put in tiny balls, so I don't think I want to do that to my Pokemon, either. It's scary enough being locked in a tiny room, I don't want to think what a tiny ball might be like!

Hatching eggs seems nicer anyway, too. Like... they're really yours if they hatch, and that you aren't just borrowing them from the forest.

[A shudder runs down Shaun's spine when she mentions being locked in a tiny room, because he knows what it's like to be locked in a tiny place, and suddenly it feels like the chill is cutting through his wool coat and soaking into his bones.

Then he gets defensive.]

Pokeballs are nothing like that. They don't hurt them at all, and it's not mean if you have to. It keeps them safe if they're hurt, and it keeps them from getting hurt worse until you can get them to the Pokemon center. I like to keep mine out with me too, but there's nothing wrong with keeping them in the Pokeballs!

If you say so.

[He isn't the only one who feels the need to get defensive. She knows exactly what it's like to be locked in a room. She was locked in a room inside of a brothel for six months.]

Why are you so defensive over these stupid balls, anyway?

[Because he doesn't want to be associated with the man who locked him in a well to drown for four days.]

Because. They're not as bad as you think they are.

Why does it matter though? You can use them as much as you want, I won't stop you. This is a stupid thing to argue about! We should both just agree that having them out to play and keep us company is way more fun than putting them in the balls anyway.

[Susie put a paw on his arm and leaned in to butt her snout against his chin reassuringly. Richie let out a whine and put her large head on Shaun's knee to comfort him.

Shaun calms down.]

It is more fun.

[Beat.]

My name's Shaun.

[Emily can't help but smile at that, if a little sadly. She wishes she had ones that would do th- and then suddenly Ralts is at her side, pressing against her and nuzzling his head into her side. Oh. Well then, it's as if he read her mind. Corvo is always really perceptive like that, she's starting to notice.]

Mine is Emily. How long have you been here, Shaun?

Since January. I remember because it was right around my birthday.

What about you?

Almost two weeks, I think. Have you already left the town you woke up in?

And... also, happy late birthday. It's too bad I missed it!

Uh-huh. I'm in Violet City. It's the first city on the gym circuit. Have you left New Bark?

[When he'd been here two weeks, he and Norman were getting settled in Violet. But maybe she didn't have someone to go with. Shaun did realize he was lucky - traveling with Norman had been a lot better than traveling to Cherrygrove on his own.]

Thanks! When's yours?

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[She shakes her head at that.]

Not yet! But I will be soon.

[I-it's not because she's scared or anything, baka]

Oh, it's in June! June 15th.

Are you going to travel with somebody? Have you been camping before?

[He was more scared of staying in New Bark than of venturing out into the wilderness with just an inflatable weasel.]

Oh, then I'll have to remember that when it's June!

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