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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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[For just a moment, it looks like Kaneki might be sick. And it certainly does take him a second to try and regain his composure, leaning back a little from his Gear's screen when Wrath brandishes his hand excitedly like it's a battle scar.]

O-oh.

...are you going to be alright...?

Of course! The cloth stops the blood.

So I just have to keep the cloth on forever.

_{[... Yeah, uh... Wrath really doesn't know much about how the human body works in case that wasn't immediately obvious.]}

[...oh dear.]

Well...it will get better. I don't know how badly you were bitten, so you might need stitches...but as long as you keep it clean it should heal.

[Assuming that generally works the same here as it would back home.]

Stitches?

You mean like the things Vernicka has?

_{[... He's talking about Veronica, and he's just sort of... assuming that this guy knows who she is.]}

[Well, it's a good thing that Kaneki has met Veronica before, stitches and all, and can figure out who he's talking about.]

Something like that, yeah. Just on your hand though, and you wouldn't have to always have them or anything.

Oh.

Okay.

Where do I get stitches?

Can you get them at the store?

[Now see, that's a problem, because he actually...doesn't know. He does know that's wrong, though.]

No, you...usually get them at the hospital, but I actually haven't seen any for humans around here yet. But if you want you could probably go to the Pokemon Center and have one of the nurses take a look and see if you need any, just in case.

Oh...

I've been to a Pokemon Center.

There were a lot of ladies with pink hair and I couldn't tell any of them apart, so I got scared and left.

Ah...that is a bit strange, isn't it? They're very nice, though. And helpful.

Do you think you'll go back?

I don't know.

There were so many.

_{[It was really alarming, Kaneki.]}

[ :c ]

Hm...does your hand still hurt pretty badly?

A little!

But not so much now.

The cloth helps.

That's good. I was just going to say...if you want, I wouldn't mind going back to the Center along with you to have it checked out. If you think that might help you feel better.

There were definitely way more than two of the pink-haired ladies.

They'd outnumber us.

It's probably not a good idea.

[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.

_{[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.

[...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.

... 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.

What?

Even longer?

But it already takes so long for things to heal when you're a human!

Mm, unfortunately. Things might work a little differently here, I'm not actually sure yet...but an infection is never something you want to get.

Infections sound horrible.

Yeah, they can get pretty bad if left untreated.

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