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So, I switched to breeder recently. Not because I want to make a living out of it. We have the band... It just seemed like it makes sense to cover all our bases, you know?

[No one asked for all this exposition, Min.

He seems to realise he's gone a little off-track (or never got there in the first place), and pauses for a moment to remind himself of the important part of this.]

Long story short, we have fourteen eggs. We think the moms are my Vulpix and my Azumarill, but the dads... We don't know about the dads. Which means we don't know for sure what they'll be or what their moves are.

I know our last eggs were hatched, but we really don't have time to hatch this many right now. If anyone wants to buy one, we can offer a refund if it turns out to be the dad's species and you don't want it.

[ooc: The full range of options are Alolan Vulpix, Azurill, and Piplup. For moves, etc... please head over here! You can claim IC, OOC, or both if you would like.]

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[mywayistheway]

I’ve read some about breeding, and hidden abilities. I was hoping to find a breeder with a female Pokémon that has a hidden ability and is compatible with my male Cyclizar. So far no bites.

[She will just have to keep looking.]

Sending it would be best. I don’t think I’ll be in your area for some time.

[outofsynth]

I have one female Pokémon with a hidden ability, but she's only compatible with the bug egg group. Sorry.

[Honestly, it's kind of a relief he doesn't have to make up an excuse. Hopefully she'll find a legitimate breeder she can work with...]

I can do that. Let me know when you get to the next town and I'll send her to you.

[mywayistheway]

It’s fine. I’m in no hurry anyway.

[She had put her post up just to get feelers out but seems like there’s no one out there. Doesn’t mean Bo will give up though.]

I will. I should be in Violet City this weekend. Will be going for my first gym challenge actually.

[outofsynth]

[Oh. That surprises him. It feels like she only just got here, yet she's challenging gyms.

He's sure he could get most badges now if he wanted to, but he can't imagine facing a gym when he'd been so new.]

Already?

[mywayistheway]

Is that surprising? I've been here for nearly two months.

[To her it feels like its been forever. But she has been training most of that times.]

[outofsynth]

Two months isn't that long... I still haven't challenged any gyms.

[mywayistheway]

Why not?

[outofsynth]

I don't know. I thought I probably would when I first got here. That's what we're supposed to do, right?

But we got lucky with how quick the band took off, so gyms haven't really been a priority. We still haven't even had chance to explore a full region.

[Well. They probably could have if they'd set their mind to it, but between the weather, gigs, and various other things they just haven't yet.]

[mywayistheway]

So you’ve had other things to do.

[That made sense, and honestly if she had other options she would probably put it on the back burner too.]

Training is all I’ve had to do, and I like to keep busy.

[Never mind that she’s also using it as a distraction.]

[outofsynth]

Pretty much.

[He can get that though. He'd travelled a lot more before Ryan had showed up. It helped to stop him worrying, at least quite so much.]

I guess that makes sense. You said you're used to fighting, right?

[mywayistheway]

It’s all I’ve ever done.

[Her gaze goes a bit distant at that, her voice wistful. A bit of regret perhaps? It then passes in the next moment.]

There’s nothing else I’m really good at.

[outofsynth]

That can't be true.

[He doesn't know her that well yet, but nobody's good at just one thing.]

[mywayistheway]

[She looks off to the side, a humorless laugh escaping her.]

I wish it wasn’t.

I have some leadership skills, but that too has been mostly applied to fighting.

There’s not much room for much else when you’re at war.

[outofsynth]

[That's... tough. And not really something he can understand. Thankfully he has already seen proof that Bo might have at least one other skill.]

What about the Cyclizar race? You won that even though you'd never ridden one before.

[mywayistheway]

[With a tilt of her head, she has to concede that point.]

That surprised me.

[She hadn't expected to win that race at all. Bo had given it her best shot, with a Pokemon she had only just met. Then they managed to win. How that happened she's still not entirely sure.]

Maybe you're right. Now that I have the chance, I can discover talents I never had the time to explore before.

[outofsynth]

See?

[He's trying very hard not to be smug, but there's definitely the underlying hint of an "I told you so" there.]

It doesn't even have to be something you're good at right away. If there's something you like then you have chance to get better at it here.

[Racing Cyclizar being a natural talent is a bit of a lucky fluke that helps him prove his point here, but he doesn't want her to feel like she has to restrict herself to just the things she naturally excels at either.]