"Silly little sister, you really are lucky."
Gladion let out a relieved breath as well.
The Pokémon Trainers and Pokémon involved in the Poni Canyon Crisis had all been utterly exhausted. Lillie really had slept through the whole thing, only to wake up with a legendary Pokémon by her side.
Hapu explained that the nebula-like Pokémon had been called the "Child of the Stars" in the Ancient Kingdom of Alola, a secret known only to members of the royal family.
"What happened? What on earth happened...?"
"Let the Child of the Stars tell you."
"The Child of the Stars? My Cosmog?"
Lillie leaned against her mother, holding Cosmog in her arms. "Just what... happened...?"
Nine years earlier, Professor Mohn had entered Poni Canyon to research Totem Pokémon and happened upon Cosmog repairing rifts.
At the time, Cosmog had not fully crossed over. With only a thin layer of spacetime separating them, Cosmog was making repairs outward from within Ultra Space.
After discovering this, Professor Mohn had tried extracting a little of the leaking Ultra Infinity Energy, attempting to study, sense, and control it in the mountains.
In the end, rather than rushing out to announce his research findings, he had recognized the urgency of the situation and returned to the Spacetime Rift to attempt Energy Coordination, working with Cosmog to complete the urgent repairs.
Chapter 790: A Last Wish for Research
After the final spacetime rift was patched, the outline of that small section of Ultra Space gradually faded, moving farther from their current world in spacetime. Their brief encounter was about to end.
Professor Mohn waved goodbye to Cosmog, whose image was growing increasingly indistinct, bidding farewell to this miraculous field research experience. Just then, an Ultra Beast suddenly darted out from behind that expanse of space, which had