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[bent_the_world]

[Korra looks flushed and disheveled and a bit out of breath when she comes on the network, and there's a fresh bruise on her cheek. She's bundled up and outside somewhere, but despite her appearance she's grinning.]

Hey, so who around here plays hockey? Because this sport is great!

Oh, I'm in Goldenrod by the way. I'll probably be here through winter. I've actually started to miss the snow and cold a little bit.

Plus...Botan's here, so...

But if anybody plays hockey or wants to, you should come play with me. Even my newest little guy is enjoying it! Well...he's enjoying biting the puck anyway...

He really likes to bite things.

[Korra shifts the gear and there, at the edge of the ice, is a Chewtle gnawing enthusiastically on a hockey puck.]

Comments

[schachmeister]

It's hard to blame them if they really are in constant discomfort.

[Painful teeth suck. Painful teeth forever would be certified to drive anyone insane and murderous.]

Oh, people suggested that to me. So, I take it that has helped? I ended up getting some of this gel to rub on his gums and that has been working well too, but ice would be much easier.

[Harvey doesn't seem to be too interested in the conversation, squinting at the gear, before letting out a shrill cheeeee. Is there another chewtle there? He wants to meet them. And determine if they are cool.]

[bent_the_world]

It really has to suck.

Yeah, I'm not gonna risk getting my fingers that close to his mouth. But frozen stuff has been working pretty well. I...I don't think I'm getting that puck back.

[The unnamed Chewtle doesn't seem inclined to give it up, continuing to gnaw on it even as he looks towards his trainer and mumbles a few 'chewt chewt's.]

[schachmeister]

They ended up recommending these gloves to me. Supposedly, they are strong enough that he could bite down on my fingers and still protect them. They couldn't be sure if it would still work once he is full grown. [Cause, well, nobody has much information on these pokemon.] but hopefully, by then I will have been able to teach him that fingers are not for chewing.

Here, wait, let me show you.

[Soon, Armin produces a pair of gloves out of somewhere. The gloves are essentially poke-kevlar.]

[bent_the_world]

That is an option, but I think we're doing pretty good with what we've got. And I mean...once they evolve they shouldn't still be teething, right?

[schachmeister]

I certainly hope not. But who knows when they will evolve. It might take quite some time until then.

[bent_the_world]

It probably won't take that long. I mean...what's the longest you've ever had a Pokemon take to evolve? If they do.

[schachmeister]

Uhm. It took my Electrode something close to a year and a half before he decided he wanted to evolve. He could have all that time, he just didn't see the need to.

[bent_the_world]

Okay, that's a long time.

But I guess some of them are like that. I've got a few who I think probably just haven't gotten around to it yet, even though they could.