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[guilmon]

[The feed opens with a close shot of a very red snout sniffing the Grumpearl, accompanied by warm, curious thoughts.

Judging by his wooden surroundings, he's somewhere among the Cheri Berries.

When he pulls back, he reveals himself as... a Charmeleon, with three spiky scales on each of his cheeks and a big, goofy smile.]

Hmm.

[Guilmon taps the pearl with one of his claws.]

It's shiny... Oh! But Guilmon's supposed to talk. Or think? ...Think about talking? Wah...

[He tilts his head, trying to figure out what to say.

An image of a Fuecoco flicker through the feed.]

Guilmon isn't small anymore. I think I evolved... That's okay, though. Guilmon's evolved lots of times, and now Guilmon has longer arms and legs and is almost Guilmon-shaped.

[And by Guilmon-shaped, he means... well, a a bipedal red dinosaur with black markings, a white belly, and wing-like ears.

The image accompanying his thoughts starts eating bread. Mountains of bread.]

But now Guilmon's tail is on fire... There's lots of wood here. That seems dangerous, but Ribombee said it's okay for Guilmon to be here. Maybe I can use it to make bread.

[He turns around and looks at his tail.]

Oh! But Guilmon will also work hard! Those quests look important, and there's lots of weird mushrooms now. Maybe Guilmon can burn those, too...

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[offtracks]

I was! I suppose in many ways, I still am!

[Does simply becoming a Pokemon later in life really mean one is a Pokemon? The same way a normal Typhlosion would be? Another philosophical question, probably, more than anything else.]

It has been a bit of an adjustment, walking on four legs like this.

[guilmon]

Four legs...

[Guilmon drops down on all fours, trying to do just that, which might look a little silly, given that a Charmeleon's arms are longer than its hindlegs.]

Crawl, crawl... Hmmm. It makes Guilmon feel sneaky!

[offtracks]

[Ingo chuckles a little, hiding it behind a forepaw.]

I suppose so! Though it does make me miss having proper hands!

[guilmon]

Guilmon only really has hands when he's Dukemon... Mostly, I have claws! And sometimes those claws are made of metal.

[He sits back up, wriggling his claws.]

I guess grabbing stuff would be easier with thumbs, but you can still do it if you're careful!

[offtracks]

It requires so much more care! At least, it certainly seems that way to me...though I suppose this is only my first time being without hands.

[guilmon]

Hmm... I guess you don't have to worry about big claws, though. That might make picking up small things easier...

[offtracks]

No, they are fairly short! And I am not one of those Pokemon whose claws continue growing rapidly!

[Scratching them down makes such an awful sound, he's grateful!]

[guilmon]

Claws like that sound really weird... You'd have to keep using rocks or trees to keep them short!

[He stares down at his own claws now. Are they gonna be like that, too?]

[offtracks]

Some Pokemon have teeth like that! They must gnaw regularly to keep them down! It's most common in rodent-like Pokemon, which are largely small normal-types, but it's also true of Rapidash and Copperajah!

[nevermind him, he just likes this stuff]

[guilmon]

Copperajah... So is it made of metal, or is it a cop?

[Police exist! There could be police Pokémon, but copper is also a metal.

Quite the conundrum.]

[offtracks]

A cop?

[Ingo has no idea what that is! But it's presumably not the case anyhow.]

No, they are made of metal! Steel types!

[guilmon]

Cops... arrest people. And do law stuff.

[That's what he knows. There's probably more to it than that, but Guilmon is a simple fellow.]

But metal makes sense... maybe. But if they're copper, why are they steel type?

[offtracks]

Oh...like a guard?

[He's not sure about arrests, really, but laws, sure!]

Steel is just the name of the type! It covers all metallic Pokemon! I do imagine steel is the most common metal to be found in their makeup, but it's certainly not the only one!

[guilmon]

Kind of... But they don't have armor like knights do.

[This feels like an important distinction, but that's because he's had armor. And been a knight.]

Mmmm.... but why do they call it Steel type and not Metal type? That makes more sense to me.

[offtracks]

I'm not sure! But the name is very old - maybe whoever made it up simply had never seen one that was not steel!

[guilmon]

Picking names must be hard... Guilmon knew he was Guilmon because Takato said so, but scientists probably have to do all kinds of work to figure things out.

[offtracks]

Yes, I suppose they must! I have only ever given my own Pokemon partners nicknames, but that is easier - none of them were hatchlings, so they had their own opinions!

[guilmon]

Ooh... So you asked them if they liked their names! That's really smart.

[offtracks]

Indeed! It is probably harder with a hatchling, I suppose, but - well, that's a bit like a human child! Anyway, there is no need to give them a personal name right away. Just like here, it's very common to refer to Pokemon simply as their species name. I cannot say about this place, but in Hisui, that is polite unless you know them very well!

[guilmon]

Mm... That's how it is with Digimon, too. It probably gets confusing if there's a lot of the same type of Digimon, but Guilmon's the only Guilmon.

[offtracks]

Ah, how interesting! It does seem as if there's quite a bit in common...anyway, yes, it can become a bit confusing with groups! One just has to work around it.

[guilmon]

I wonder if that's hard for the Pokémon here... Ribombee probably isn't the only Ribombee around, and I bet it's like that for all the others, too.

[Hmm... Things you don't normally think about, but now he has to because it's different here.]

[offtracks]

I suppose so...I have not met more than one of the same Pokemon here, except among our own number. Perhaps that is strange!

[guilmon]

Hmm... Maybe we just have to find them! Then they can explain everything...

[That makes sense, right? He hopes so, anyway...]

[offtracks]

They do live in groups in the woods! You simply cannot really speak with those Pokemon...they are all afflicted with frenzy, it seems.