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“Hey, how’re ya feeling?” I asked.
The lizard spun around, eyes wide with alarm. It gave a light whimper, clutching its tail tightly and glancing around at the strange surrounding.
“This has got to be a pretty big shock. And, uh… you’re probably wondering how you got here. I didn’t mean to take you from your home. It’s just that—you were… sort of… dying,” I finished lamely. The Charmander relaxed slightly, but didn’t give much of a reaction to my words. Could it even understand me? As a wild Pokémon, it might never have heard human speech before.
“Can you understand me?” I asked.
It stared, apparently confused at my confusion. “*Yes… *” it said slowly, in a tone suggesting that it found the question to be very strange.
“Well, uh, okay—so you’ve been around humans before. Have you ever been named?”
The fire lizard gave me a long, quiet stare, something shifting in its eyes. After several seconds’ hesitation it replied, “*Firestorm.*”
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