"Trainer, Trainer, can I buy a game?" Heath was eating beef noodles when he saw Zoroark come over and speak to him with a nervous look on her face. Heath gave Zoroark a puzzled glance. He remembered her salary being quite high. Although he had docked her pay before, it had risen quite a bit lately. Now Zoroark earned twelve thousand a month for working fifteen days, so she had plenty of money. He just didn't know why she had come to ask him.
"Of course you can. Are you out of money?" Heath looked at Zoroark strangely. The game companies in the Pokémon world were quite enterprising, releasing well-loved titles every so often. The hottest one lately was a game called Dream Jing. Its publicity campaign was massive, and the reviews from the media were very good too. Heath figured that was probably what Zoroark wanted to buy.
"I want to buy the collector's edition," Zoroark said shyly, lowering her head. Heath gave an "Oh." A collector's edition-he knew what that was. It was similar to all those collectible editions, deluxe editions, special editions, and so on. There was nothing particularly unusual about it. Game companies in his previous life had pulled similar moves, even releasing special limited-edition consoles based on hit titles to rake in cash. They made a fortune that way, so a collector's edition coming out these days was nothing strange.
"Then go ahead and buy it." Heath swallowed the beef in his mouth and licked his lips in satisfaction. He had to admit that although Kirlia's noodles weren't very good, the beef was up to a respectable standard. At the very least, it was edible. Heath had eaten beef cooked by beginners before. It was either so overdone that he couldn't chew it, or so