Heath had another nightmare, but this one made little sense. All sorts of frightening things had popped up, and only when he woke did he discover the main reason for his nightmare.
"I was wondering why my chest felt tight and my arms and legs were cold. So it was you all along." Heath looked at Zorua sleeping on his chest, unsure whether to laugh or cry, then tucked his hands and feet back under the covers.
The warm covers tempted Heath to sleep a little longer. Early spring mornings were still rather cold, and going back to sleep under a warm blanket was sheer bliss.
But after checking the time on his phone, Heath painfully dragged himself out of bed and switched on the light.
"Has Charmander gone out to exercise again?" Heath looked around his bedroom. Zorua was still burrowing under the covers with her rump sticking up, only to be pulled out by Heath's E-no, his merciless hand.
Farfetch'd opened his eyes the instant the light came on, looking full of energy. Heath couldn't help smiling. It seemed Farfetch'd had already developed the habit of getting up at the same time every day.
"You little slacker. Charmander's already out exercising." Heath poked Zorua's head, exasperated with her.
"I'm on my period today. I want to sleep..." Zorua yawned dejectedly, making Heath want to yawn too.
But Zorua's words made Heath pause. This was the first time he had heard of Pokémon having periods. Wasn't that nonsense?
On second thought, though, Heath wasn't a biologist or a Pokémon researcher. He really couldn't say for certain whether foxes had periods.
Heath did remember reading some [useless science trivia] once, which mentioned that female foxes, horses, and seals had hymens. Thinking of it that way, foxes having periods seemed perfectly