Andalun grinned, exposing a set of teeth that would do a velociraptor proud. "Hey, as far as I'm concerned, the whole idea of capturing pokemon in the first place is weird."<br/><br/>He sat down. "On my home world, which is dull by the way, no magic, no psychics, no really cool tech... though we're getting there a bit, and only one intelligent species, humans, Pokemon are fiction, the focus of a sucessful computer game, which spawned an animated cartoon series, and endless sequels of both, as well as endless merchandising. Despite the fact that there isn't a real pokemon anywhere, it's still a multi-billion dollar industry.<br/><br/>"I knew a bit about it, but I was hardly an expert, mostly through an anime that followed the adventures of a 10 year old trainer who'd apparently been hit in the head by a pokeball once too often, a PMT ridden redhead with a bike fixation, and the poor sod of a Gym leader who finally had a chance to stop being the sole provider, chief cook and bottle washer of his massive family, only to go on a pokemon journey end up as chief cook and bottle washer for the other two juvenile disaster areas mentioned above."<br/><br/>"Then I had a chance to leave the human race without actually dying..." He tapped his chest, obviously referring to his current form, "... and to work for an interdimensional magical bakery, delivering pastries and animated cakes across the multiverse. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. It seemed like more interesting work than programming Customer Relationships Management software."<br/><br/>He blinked. "I'm getting off topic. It was as I was playing delivery boy that I travelled to dimensions where pokemon were real, and that was freaky. I'd never really thought about it before, it was just a game to me, but I actually found the idea of capturing intelligent creatures and forcing them to fight, somewhat morally dubious. But there were explanations, trained pokemon were better fed, looked after, stronger than wild ones, and they could escape if they really wanted too..." He shook his head. "I mean, pokemon are alot stronger and tougher than basic humans."