"Hey, Flutter Mane, you're awake?"
Although it had no idea what that tall, lanky Pokémon was babbling about, Flutter Mane discovered, to its amazement, that it could understand the meaning of his words.
Its instincts told it that the leader of these Pokémon wasn't that little green monster, but the fellow right in front of it.
Still somewhat wary, it said, "Wooo?"
"Flutter Mane asks what you want, roto!"
The Rotom translation service came online right on cue.
With a gentle smile, Xia Chi said, "Let's introduce ourselves properly. My name is Xia Chi, and they're all my partners."
Flutter Mane tilted its head in confusion. "Wooo?"
"What are partners, roto?"
Rotom exclaimed in shock, "You actually have to ask that? Don't you have any friends, Flutter Mane, roto?"
Xia Chi wasn't particularly surprised.
Judging by the brutal habits of ancient Paradox Pokémon, the world they lived in most likely followed the law of the jungle to the letter.
That wasn't to say there were no kindhearted Pokémon. It was just that, in a world resembling a [dark forest], kindness and other traits detrimental to survival would be kept hidden.
An orange tree bore different fruit depending on where it grew.
But once their surroundings changed, the kindness within them might be allowed to emerge.
The most typical example was Koraidon, with its big-dog personality.
Although records described it as the legendarily ferocious "Winged King," it actually possessed a powerful sense of curiosity.
Once it grew familiar with humans-meaning once they fed it sandwiches-it would actively play around with them.
Essentially, the human-loving Cyclizar genes hidden within it had awakened.
The same applied to Flutter Mane.
With Victini and Xia Chi taking turns showing it kindness, and with escape genuinely impossible for the moment, even its brutal temperament ought to