Well - [ He begins, after a beat. ] Sort of. After a certain point, when they get strong enough, some pokemon go through an evolution.
Guess it's like a growth spurt. If growth spurts happened in seconds and they make you a lot stronger than before.
[ A shrug. It sounds so natural to him, but probably not to Hange. ] So before Arcanine was ... Arcanine, he was a Growlithe. [ Easily, he hops off the medical bed, hands indicating just how tall he was with his hand. Barely a meter. ] Around this tall.
[So all of the pokemon's growing happens in one go? Now things have gone from unique to strangely bizarre. It reminds her of a butterfly's metamorphosis, though within the span of seconds as opposed to days or weeks.]
Is there anything specific that triggers the evolution?
[ There's a lot of strange things about the wonderful world of Pokemon, Hange.
This question, he can answer without thinking. ] Depends on the pokemon.
For most of them, it's when they've ... become strong enough. [ But even that depends on the pokemon. ] A few of them only evolve when they come in contact with a specific stone, some when they learn a specific move.
[ A pause. ] Others need to be holding a specific item, and some need to be traded to other while holding specific item. [ Ah, how complicated... ] But most of them just need to get strong enough.
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Now he has to explain evolution, what a pain. ]
Well - [ He begins, after a beat. ] Sort of. After a certain point, when they get strong enough, some pokemon go through an evolution.
Guess it's like a growth spurt. If growth spurts happened in seconds and they make you a lot stronger than before.
[ A shrug. It sounds so natural to him, but probably not to Hange. ] So before Arcanine was ... Arcanine, he was a Growlithe. [ Easily, he hops off the medical bed, hands indicating just how tall he was with his hand. Barely a meter. ] Around this tall.
Then he evolved.
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Is there anything specific that triggers the evolution?
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This question, he can answer without thinking. ] Depends on the pokemon.
For most of them, it's when they've ... become strong enough. [ But even that depends on the pokemon. ] A few of them only evolve when they come in contact with a specific stone, some when they learn a specific move.
[ A pause. ] Others need to be holding a specific item, and some need to be traded to other while holding specific item. [ Ah, how complicated... ] But most of them just need to get strong enough.