Fuchsia City, Ayong Pokémon Day Care.
"Oh! So you kept this Pokémon Day Care running all by yourself while you were pregnant? That's amazing!"
Dawn looked at the elderly woman before her and exclaimed in admiration.
"Back then, I didn't get the chance to tell him I was pregnant... he had already left on the train..."
A Yuan, the Breeder, smiled warmly as she examined the Pokémon Egg before her with a device. "Mm, it's very healthy. It looks like it'll hatch soon."
"I see..."
Listening to her love story, Dawn wore a dreamy expression. She looked at a photograph of a young man and woman on the wall. "Is the man beside you Mr. Ayong?"
"Yes!"
A Yuan looked at the photograph too, happiness shining in her eyes.
Just then, an elderly man walked in. He suddenly froze, then looked at Dian excitedly. "M-Mr. Yingyue?!"
"Mr. Yingyue?"
A Yuan looked puzzled at first, then startled as well. She turned back toward the young man before her and shook her head. "Ayong... if he really were Mr. Yingyue, he'd be far too young..."
"You're right... I'm sorry."
Ayong composed himself, then apologized. "You look so much like someone who once saved me..."
"...If it weren't for him..."
He glanced guiltily at his wife, but A Yuan simply smiled faintly and shook her head.
Yingyue?!
Dian raised an eyebrow... He looked up at the Pokémon Day Care's white ceiling again. That sense of distortion... no wonder it had drawn Kodai, who desperately coveted the Time Ripple, even tempting him to leave his stronghold.
The turbulence of space-time felt almost tangible.
"Dawn, stay here and keep an eye on this egg."
After giving her that instruction, he went outside with Misdreavus and Meloetta.
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