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_{[There are plenty of newborn Pokemon that enter the world squalling or cooing.]

[This one entered with a whole lot of growling and then nearly took somebody's finger off.]

[The little Deino on the screen, which happens to have a faintly-sparkling green coat rather than the customary blue, is yanking and worrying at the end of one of the scarves that its trainer had received for Christmas as well as the egg it had just hatched from. It's been in the world outside its eggshell for about five minutes and it's already filled with fury at the fact that this long soft thing exists in its general vicinity.]

[Wrath is thrilled.]

[He turns to the camera (which is presumably held by his Kangaskhan) proudly, apparently unconcerned that the tiny dino-dragon is nearly tugging the scarf right off of him.]}

The rock turned into a sparkling animal!

Her name is Mad.

Mad likes to bite.

_{[... A little like her trainer, actually. They also share the same hairdo aesthetic. This is clearly a match made in heaven.]}

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Really?

The third?

Wow!

Next time there's a Christmas, I'll stay up and see who it is!

What?

Yuck!

I'm not goin' anywhere with you!

_{[Wrath continues to rebuff Al's eternally-patient attempts at friendship: news at 11.]}

[Wrath...]

That's alright. I won't make you or anything...but the offer is there.

[He pauses, then continues.]

I...don't think I ever gave you my name before, when you were being chased by that Pokemon. My name's Kaneki.

[It's a damn good thing the kid hasn't gotten into any trouble. Not real trouble, anyway. Swinging from the lamp post might get him yelled at by someone who isn't Greed, but as Greed is the one to find him, he approaches Wrath like this is perfectly normal behavior.]

Having fun, kiddo?

[He whistles at the sight of those chompers. Might be small, but they're still impressive.]

And they'll get even bigger when she evolves. You ever see a Hydreigon before?

_{[He beams down at Greed happily, swaying from his perch.]}

Ahuh!

So is Mad!

_{[Mad does not look like she's having fun. Mad kind of looks like she wants to savagely dismember something. Fortunately, she's only Level 1.]}

_{[Hey, he's being practical! Two versus WAY MORE THAN TWO just isn't good odds in any situation!]}

Kuh-nekky?

K'nekky.

Hi, Nekky!

I'm Wrath.

Nuh uh.

What's a hi-draygun?

Is it as fierce and cool as Mad is?

[That is not a healthy coping mechanism. Phoenix tries to phrase this as carefully as he can. This child seems...odd.]

She could always growl, or use her body language. For you, if you were to tell someone "no, don't touch me!", I'm sure they would listen. And if they don't, well, then they're probably not a very nice person.

[Or they're just invasive.]

...I suppose staying up for one night would have very few effects on your health. And if you were helped by a Pokémon with the ability to resist sleep, perhaps you'd be able to catch them.

They're just like her, only bigger. And did I mention they've got three heads?

[Grinning, he takes a quick look over his shoulder.]

I can show you, if you want.

[And no one was surprised. Least of all Al, who shrugs in response.]

I figured I'd offer. Let me know if you ever change your mind.

Hmmmm, perhaps she's cold. It was probably very warm inside her egg.

[She almost mimics the action, but catches herself.]

Eggs normally come from birds. They have baby animals inside them.

[There's a lot of gesturing going on here. Veronica really wasn't sure how to explain it.]

And usually, only birds have eggs, but everything here does too, and I don't know how that makes sense...

[...IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH...]

Okay then. Um...if you do think you might need any help, or something...you can always message me or call me. I should be nearby...and you wouldn't want your hand getting infected if it doesn't heal properly.

Oh. Really?

That doesn't usually work.

Biting is much better.

I think I'll stick with that.

_{[... Yeah, Phoenix, Wrath has literally never experienced the phenomenon of being able to set his own personal boundaries and have them respected without enforcing them with physical violence. Such a thing sounds odd and quaint!]}

I didn't NEED to sleep back where I came from.

So I'm pretty used to staying up.

I bet I could do it.

_{[Wrath's eyes go about as wide and sparkly as your average moe upon being informed that their senpai has, in fact, noticed them. Except in his case, it's over being informed that there is an extremely large monster with three heads and that he's going to be allowed to see it.]}

Really?

BIGGER?

And you can show me?

I wanna see!

I'm not gonna change my mind.

If I see you again, I'm gonna let Mad bite you as much as she wants.

Really?

She has so much fur though.

Do you think maybe I should give her a sweater?

I don't understand. Where do the rocks come from?

Birds are so small.

And eggs are so big and hard!

_{[... Tread very carefully, Veronica. There are so many ways that this could turn into trying to explain the birds and the bees to this awful undead monster child AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.]}

... Infected?

I've heard about that.

Germs make things infected, right?

Mhm, that's right. If you get hurt like that and don't make sure to keep it very clean, it might get infected.

I think you would be okay even if that happened, but...it's not something you want, since it would take even longer for it to get better.

[SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH.]

I'm sure you will.

I'm on it.

[He pokes his head into the hall and whistles. There's a low grumble in response before a big, three-headed dragon flaps his way into the room.

Unlike Mad, he's blue instead of gtreen, but there's definitely a similar motif to his appearance.]

It takes a while for Deinos to evolve, but when they do, they turn into total powerhouses. Keep up on your training, and you'll be in for a treat.

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