June 12, Jubilife Breeding Center.
A Crab-Stuffed Orange wasn't very big. A few spoonfuls were enough to finish one, and with a bigger spoon, it would only take three.
Lance had missed out on the treat.
He had left the night before.
Lance had come all this way specifically to help treat Zeraora, so whenever Li Wei had something delicious, he still thought of him.
By the time Li Wei brought Dawn and the others out of the Workshop,
his parents and the others, who had been chatting in the living room, had already dispersed and returned to their respective posts.
"Mui~"
As Li Wei led Dawn and the others outside, they happened to run into the Torterra, who had woken up and were heading out for a stroll and a drink.
The Torterra greeted Li Wei.
Since this was her first time seeing this Pokémon, Dawn took out the Pokédex she had received from Professor Rowan.
The Pokédex's mechanical voice sounded. "Torterra, the Continent Pokémon, the final evolved form of Turtwig..."
Dawn looked puzzled. "Huh? Why are there Pichu and Budew on their backs?"
The Pokédex had already given Dawn the answer.
"Small Pokémon build nests on the backs of motionless Torterra. Some may even spend their entire lives on a Torterra's back..."
Dawn marveled, "Living on a Torterra's back? That's amazing!"
Ash asked curiously, "That Torterra's a different color. Is it a Shiny Torterra?"
Li Wei nodded. "That's right, just like the silver Metagross."
Dawn scratched her head. "I remember there weren't any Torterra here before, though?"
At that moment, Xiaoguang remembered catching a fleeting glimpse of what seemed to be a few extra trees as they entered the Breeding Center building.
They looked very much like the trees on these Torterra.
"They only migrated here a few