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56th moon [video]

You'd think that after a year and seven months, the locals would be unable to surprise me anymore.

[This strange introduction comes with the image of an innocent-looking house. An innocent-looking house that has a pond and fences blocking its door, in fact. Rosie the Clefable is standing in front of it; every so often, she pokes the water's surface with curiosity.]

Necessitating either Surf or Fly to leave your house cannot possibly be practical. What if your Water- and Flying-types are ill? What if you have guests? What if your children wish to go play with friends? I doubt it's even sufficient to stop... thieves...

[He trails off as he stares in horror at the pond. Even Rosie stops touching the water and joins him in staring. Of course, that could be because of the slimy purple limb that just grabbed her arm.]

...Having Grimers in your water cannot be healthy. Goodness.

[He turns the Gear off, now. His little girl needs rescuing.]

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--ah! That's right, it's here, huh...? I'm a little intimidated by it to be honest, so I haven't ventured inside... Still, it must be so they can spread their big landmarks around, right?

Yet there was not much to see in either Vermillion or Cerulean... Perhaps the more historical buildings are in Lavender instead.

--ahhh! N-No spoilers, Cecil-san!

Spoilers? What are those?

Um... W-Well... Telling me what's ahead, I guess...? I like to be surprised...

Do not worry. It's not as if I know what we'll truly find there.

... oh! I thought you meant you had looked them over in full...

Not yet. I do not even know if the town has a Gym or not.

... really? You weren't kidding about that record time then, huh...

We've had no time to work or even look for information about the different cities. The children wanted to see everything quickly.

Sounds like you're quite the busy Pokefather!

With a team of twenty-six, what else could I be?

... I can't even say that's a lot, since I'm packing twenty...

We do seem to accumulate them, after spending enough time here.

Haaaaaaa... and I try so hard to keep myself limited so I can raise the ones I already have higher...

I've taken to letting them go free while I work. They all are quite dilligent, and it gives excellent results.

... eh? Let them go... free? As in... not personally command them? You can do that??

Of course, as long as you trust them to behave. ...I'd not try it with a Slowpoke, however.

...

I would be worried most of mine would do things other than train.

They care so little about their training?

Er... It's not that, exactly... It's more... With their personalities, most of them would just go off and play or take a nap instead.

... maybe being so hands on is why I'm not a top tier trainer...

If you offered them treats for reaching certain objectives, perhaps...

--eh?! Bribery?!

Positive reinforcement. You could also replace the treats with activities they enjoy.

--ah. R-Right...

... ... I don't know... I still think that not being hands on with them just would ruin the feel of being a trainer...