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[Has Silver been able to find his Pokédex in the item shop yet? No. What he has found, however, is definitely a nice consolation prize. He definitely didn't forget about the book Green let him borrow. How could he? Green wanted him to decipher something from his father's book about a trade evolution. His senior, his father, trade evolutions. It's pretty hard to catch his interest better than that.

So Silver settled down just outside of House 15, perfectly content to read and reread his father's book ("Secret Earth Arts"? Sure, it gets the point across, but that's a pretty boring title...,) share cherry tomatoes with his Pokémon, and continue to hold his middle finger up to socializing. Until something hits him, anyway. It was a simple thought, really. The concept of Pokémon trading was pretty obsolete without Pokémon to trade, even if it's something so vital and important to him. ...But "trading" as a whole wasn't. Exchanging currency, goods, information, services... What kind of things did people consider of enough value to be worth trading to someone, anyway?

It's a good question, it's something Silver wants to know, and at the end of the day, his curiosity wins out over loathing the idea of having to ask a bunch of strangers a broad question and hoping for interesting answers. Even if he isn't big on people, he's definitely big on information, especially on such a giant Oh well, at least he only has to write.]

So what things do you consider valuable, and what kind of things are generally considered valuable back in your worlds?

[He'll leave his journal open on his lap and start reading through his book again, occasionally looking down at the journal. Sneasel decides to watch all of this from over Silver's shoulder.

Later on in the day, Silver and Sneasel venture out into the forest in search of... well, exactly what they're looking for might be a little unclear. What is clear is that they're climbing up plenty of trees and looking for something. ...And that they're experienced in swiftly climbing up trees.]

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Arles can drain from it, yes. That's why I believe criath are best left undisturbed. I'm unsure exactly how durable it is, but it is a very hard material.

[Hmm...] You said arles is a force of life. Where else is it present?

Everywhere. It originates from the planet's core and is spread through the land with the criaths' aid.

Is it present in any living creature?

Yes, it is. All living creatures are composed of different combinations of arles. There's three types of arles. Wind, water and fire.

Only three?

You were expecting more?

[...] I guess. It's weird to think that you have fire, water, and wind, but nothing else.

[Cheria doesn't think it's that weird, but of course, she was raised in a world where this is perfectly normal.] It's always been like that. What sort of types would you add, then?

Something related to the earth, at least.

The earth? [...] I suppose that could work.

[...] Back at home, things are classified into seventeen different types. Trying to break things up into three categories just seems weird.

[Oh good lord, what. Seventeen?] That's a lot of types. Can you name a few more?

Normal, Ghost, Psychic, Dark, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass, Water, Fire, Electric, Rock, Steel, Flying, Ground, Dragon, and Ice.

Each have strengths and weaknesses against other types, and every kind of creature in our world outside of human beings are classified by one or two of them.

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[What the- Ghost? Psychic? Fighting? ... Bug? How are these elemental types?]

Then, these types only apply to animals?

It applies to every Pokémon and all of their abilities.

I'm afraid I've never heard the term "Pokemon" before. What is it?

Every living and moving creature that isn't human in my world.

Does that include plants?

There are Pokémon that are plants, but not all plants are Pokémon.

[...] How can you tell which ones are Pokemon?

They move, have personalities, and can fight and breed, among other things. They're not just stationary plants.

Oh, I see! We have monsters like that in our world.

What are they like? How many different types of them exist?

I'm not certain how many there are. I don't think anyone has attempted to keep track, especially with how they are spread across different countries. There are surely over a hundred different kinds.

They are very dangerous. While they usually do not enter villages or cities, they won't hesitate to attack travelers.

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