When people reminisced about the past, they often unconsciously added a rosy filter to their memories.
For example, in Old Man Qian's memories, Uncle Qian Three had been the coolest bug catching boy in Clear Stream Village as a child, someone like the king of the kids.
But in reality, Old Man Qian had probably been an obnoxious brat nobody loved as a child. Other than his grandpa, Qian Cheng, hardly anyone liked him.
He was probably a bug catching boy whose strength was nothing special but who loved causing trouble everywhere.
Uncle Qian Three's reputation only improved after he left the village to study, returned as a sensible young man, became the village chief, and secretly became Bounty Hunter Nightingale, protecting the area around Three Mountains Town.
Dr. Philin was the same.
Dr. Philin was a mild-mannered Pokemon professor. According to his own account, after his daughter died, he threw all of his attention into his work. Later, worn down in both body and mind, he was even abandoned by his wife.
But in reality, the moment Mark and Lan Run entered the institute, they witnessed a truly explosive scene.
Dr. Philin was having a meltdown and making his wife cry.
Dr. Philin at this time had a mental state very similar to Doctor Hosen, the man who resurrected Xerneas. Both were utterly deranged. Even if Dr. Philin was somewhat better, it was not by much.
Mark even had the feeling that if he ended his invisibility and revealed himself inside the secret laboratory, Dr. Philin might not even notice him.
Dr. Philin was obsessed beyond imagination with cloning Mew to create Mewtwo. He was utterly incapable of noticing anything else irrelevant.
Mark guessed that it was precisely Dr. Philin's crazed emotions that had ultimately caused Mewtwo's embryo to