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[Temeraire is looking much more put together than he was the last time he was on the network. He's also gotten better at working the 'Gear.]

Excuse me, everyone, I have a question for the people who have been here longer.

[He turns the camera around behind him to show a Druddigon and a shiny golden Charmander. The Charmander looks to be pestering the Druddigon despite being a fraction of her size, with the Druddigon carefully batting it away every so often. Then the camera is back on Temeraire, who lowers his voice and looks a little worried.]

Neither of them have gotten any bigger. Shimmer has only just hatched, so it makes sense that she is still small, but Reliant is at least a few weeks old and has not grown at all. Is that normal for Pokemon?

[He thinks a moment before adding, more to himself although it's still clearly audible] There have not been any cows or sheep for them to eat, perhaps that is what's wrong.

[Then he's back to addressing the camera at a normal speaking volume, and smiling a little for good measure.] I would very much appreciate any help.

[The feed lasts a little bit longer while he looks for the off button, but apparently he finds it because it shuts off.]

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Some pokemon grow to be larger than others! Your Charmander looks to be about the proper size. It will get a little bit larger when it evolves into Charmeleon - that's a fairly early evolution, too - and much larger when it evolves again, but for now you shouldn't expect anything until the evolution.

And I don't think pokebeasts eat cows or sheep!

[He looks relieved to hear this, even if it's still strange.]

I see, I am glad that there isn't anything the matter.

...are you quite sure they don't eat cows?

I'm certain! I can send you a text file of the diets I have my pokemon on, if that's any help?

Why would you think they would eat cows, though?

Oh! Yes, that would be very helpful, if you would.

[He nods in satisfaction with the offer. What a nice stranger!]

They look very much like dragons, and I eat cows, so it stands to reason that they would too. But I suppose it really is different here.

Dragons? [ It doesn't take much more than a second to make sense of that, although she'll check. ] You mean you're a dragon who eats cows, in your world?

[ The troll girl has little problem believing that's possible or true, but it doesn't harm anything to ask. And she'll be texting over that file now, which is a pretty standard dietary plan she obsessively tracks. She had a Charmander of her own previously - it evolved - so that particular plan should be helpful. ]

Yes, that's right. [Pause.] Although I did more than just eat cows.

Is your world one of those where there aren't any dragons?

[He doesn't like the idea of those kinds of worlds at all, but there seem to be an awful lot of them so he should make sure. He looks happy when he gets the text file, and he'll have to work out how to open it at some later point, but he's very grateful to have gotten it.]

One of my friends had a dragon for her lusus, but I never met one personally? I am from a world where I was not human, though.

[ Non-humans represent, basically. And she doesn't seem too worried about the "more than just cows" comment, probably because violence is pretty integral to Alternian culture. ]

Well, now you have. My name is Temeraire, and it is very nice to meet you.

[He smiles before tilting his head in curiosity.] What were you before? And what is a lusus?

Aradia Megido; it's nice to meet you, too, Temeraire.

I was a troll previously. And a lusus is...well, they vary. They're monsters from my world who care for young trolls. Like human parents, except...not that.

Oh, I have heard that human parents are a very special thing. It is very kind of your friend's lusus to have cared for her.

[He...thinks he gets the lusus thing based off of what he knows about parents.]

I have never met a troll before, I do not think we have them in England.

I've heard the same!

England? I'm not sure I've heard of England before. What is it like?

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