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[Look at that beautiful sunset. The orange sun hunkering down on the horizon, its reflection glittering on the surface of the salty sea, the sound of Wingulls flying overheard in search of dinner. There's nothing Lance has missed more about being back on Earth than this, other than his mom, of course.]

Hey guys?

[But watch as he ruins it by pulling the gear away from the gorgeous sight and pointing the camera to a round hump in the water closer to shore. It's a fine hump. A very fine purple hump with blowhole up top where, as if on cue, water sprays out and the hump rolls over to reveal the face of a whale that looks all too pleased with itself.]

So I ran into this Pokemon just now and it's okay and all... I mean, the 'gear says it's a Wailmer, but something's wrong with it. It doesn't look like the one in the picture. Is something wrong with it? Is it sick? Do Pokemon get sick? Do we have to vaccinate our Pokemon like we have to do dogs? Because man, I am not ready for some vet bills, let me tell you.

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Incredibly special. Most people will go their whole lives without ever seen a shiny, let alone catching one. I've been here nearly two years and I only found one in the wild. That you saw one this soon after coming here, and a rarer species like a Wailmer at that, is extremely lucky.

Totally lucky. But think about it. He probably saw me surfing along and said "I wanna be with that cool guy. Let me make this is lucky day." Could you blame him?

[Yes. Yes, everybody could. They'd also check the Wailmer for brain damage.]

Rarer species? You mean not everybody goes out surfing for one? Even a regular one?

[Granted, who really goes out looking for a whale?]

[People on whale-watching tours, of course!]

Some species of pokemon are more common than others. For example, Magikarp can be found almost everywhere. They are pretty hardy and produce eggs quickly. But there are also some other species of Pokemon that only live in one particular area or don't produce eggs very fast so that keeps their numbers low.

Wailmer and Wailords aren't as rare, as say, a Lapras, but they aren't very commonly seen either. Which is a good thing, in a way. They require a tremendous amount of food every day. If there were too many in one location, they'd go hungry.

Edited (spelling is my nemesis ) 2018-07-14 12:21 (UTC)

Oh, Lapras are the ones you're trying to repopulate, right? I saw your post, but I really didn't have a way to help you with that.

[Though if his luck keeps going the way he hopes it's going, maybe he'll run into one to lean Armin for MOAR WATER BABIES.]

This guy's an absolute unit, so I guess most of my paycheck is going in his stomach, isn't it?

[Time to start shaking down little kid trainers like Keith does!]

That's all right.

[Armin wasn't expecting help from Lance. He was still too new. The chance of him having a Lapras was just... really minimal.]

There is a chance of that. To be honest, part of the reason I let mine swim freely in the ocean. They are very capable of feeding themselves if you'll let them.

[And it doesn't hurt Armin's wallet as much that way.]

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