Once the three Pokémon had gotten acquainted in their own special way, Xia Chi finally introduced them. "Floragato, Misdreavus, this is Larvitar. He's our partner from now on. His situation is a little unusual, so look out for him."
At Larvitar's rate of development, he would evolve into Pupitar's "wriggling chrysalis" form at level 35, and only become Tyranitar, the true desert tyrant, at level 55.
He would be the team's mascot for a long time.
Fortunately, he wasn't a Deino.
Otherwise, waiting until level 50 to evolve into a Zweilous with some basic combat ability would have been even more agonizing.
"Flora~"
Floragato nodded in agreement.
As far as Floragato was concerned, anyone who posed no threat to its closeness with Xia Chi wasn't worth worrying about.
Larvitar naturally fell into that category. Looking after him would be easy enough.
"Myao~"
Misdreavus happily spun in circles and nodded too.
To Misdreavus, Larvitar joining meant automatically moving up a spot in the household hierarchy. Wonderful!
After a moment's thought, Xia Chi added a specific warning. "Oh, right. Misdreavus, don't feed Larvitar behind my back. There's a limit to how much energy he can take in each day."
Misdreavus wouldn't mess around with anything serious. Though it didn't understand why, it still nodded in agreement.
After introducing Larvitar to Floragato and Misdreavus, Xia Chi turned to him. "Larvitar, these are Floragato and Misdreavus. They're your partners now. If you have any trouble while I'm away, you can ask them for help."
"Gaww?"
Because of his physical condition, Larvitar's brain was still developing. He tilted his head and pondered for quite a while.
Only after Xia Chi repeated himself did he nod, seeming to half understand.
To stop Larvitar from chewing up the furniture, Xia Chi laid down plenty of rules.
For