<a href="https://aniju-aura.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;">aniju-aura</a>:
<p>"Ya can infodump if ya want. I like hearing ya have to say."</p><p><i>Looks at the Professor, turns looks at desk, looks at egg, POINTS</i> "EGG!"</p><p><i>Looks at hands to confirm this is left.</i></p><p>"Maybe Pokémon get more infected by anomalies because there are just more of them than humans. Are the glitches a recent thing, or have they always been around? Maybe some Pokémon have evolved a resistance to them like Polygon… oh wait that one is man-made… How did you get this egg… eigg… ooggg… What will it be?"</p>
At the mention of the egg, Ace tenses up, starting to fidget with their hands.
“Well- that’s a very good theory! Of course, a um, species with a larger population will have larger numbers in illnesses and injuries and the like…”
They glance at the egg again.
“Um– Porygon is quite interesting, as it- it evolves with exposure to… but still, that’s not…. it isn’t anomalous, I- think? It’s, um…”
They give longer look at the egg. Then, they slump over, sighing heavily.
“… Oh, I’m terrible at avoiding these things.”
“I’m so sorry… That egg isn’t going to hatch.”
“You… You know about this? You really did your research…!”
