Heath walked over cautiously. Mimikyu had not noticed him approaching, nor had it realized that its ears were sticking out, so when Heath reached it, he saw Mimikyu huddling in the sewer, trembling.
Heath felt a little like laughing. Mimikyu looked very cute, but the cloth it wore to disguise itself as Pikachu was tattered and even covered in filth. The closer Heath got, the more he could smell the stench of the sewer.
This was probably a stray Pokémon, Heath concluded as he looked at the filthy Mimikyu. A second later, Mimikyu spotted him. It gave a violent start, then withdrew entirely into the sewer and swiftly vanished into the darkness.
Heath paused. He could have reached out, grabbed Mimikyu's disguise, and pulled off that fake Pikachu skin, but he hesitated and did not act.
He had heard that Mimikyu was a very unusual Pokémon. What its true form actually was could no longer be determined, but rumor had it that this Ghost-type Pokémon was terribly lonely and therefore envied the highly popular Pikachu. That was why it had specifically found a Pikachu product to drape over itself, hoping to get along peacefully with humans, though the results had not been very good.
"Something from over twenty years ago? This must be pretty hard to find if you lose it." Heath took out his phone and searched. He could find Mimikyu's Pikachu cloth online, and seemingly because of Mimikyu's appearance, some clever merchants had already begun selling more upscale, attractive cloths specifically for Mimikyu, with different price points based on their materials and craftsmanship.
But living in the bustling Indigo League headquarters was very difficult for a stray Pokémon. Heath was just curious why this Mimikyu kept sneaking looks at him. He could not quite understand it.
With that