“And ever since, each Xerneas has lived as a mortal, as the monarch of the Forest, and then passed Xerneas’ power onto someone of their bloodline- usually Xerneas’ firstborn child- when both were ready for the transition.”

"Having a Trainer is like having someone looking out for you at every step of the way. It's...hard to describe..." She looks off into the distance, almost as if looking right in the same direction that Nora is waiting.

"Mo--er...my Trainer and the rest of us were some of the toughest around, winning battles and prestige and all that. But something made Mom decide to stop fighting and we all took a break after that...Now we just help her out with Ranger duties, not that we mind it of course."

With the news that came out about someone who used to be a staple in this community and someone who i used to consider a very close friend, I wanted to draw some veteran(tm) pokeask positivity and formally state that me and my blogs have always been and always will be supportive of and welcoming of LGBT+ people and POC, and I do not tolerate any kind of homophobia, transphobia, "gender criticism", racism, anti-Blackess, ableism, acephobia, etc! I will call it out when I see it.

“Oh, I think I know! Isn’t that the name from that story?”