Leila nods at Eric and invites him to sit down. She waits for the other two to take theirs before picking up the lasagne dish and carrying on eating. "Now then. I was their test subject for this ultimate shadow pokemon, and I guess to a certain extent it worked. It worked so well my entire body changed. I was a kind of dark purple colour, red eyes, more jagged edges instead of these smooth ones. They nicknamed me XD001. And although I wasn't forced to do any killing, I was forced to watch for quite some time while they made me do things to better their cause, one of which included stealing a large ocean liner that was transporting pokemon from the Sinnoh region. I dropped it out in the desert and I'm afraid to say I have no idea whether the crew and pokemon survived. It's one of my regrets that I wasn't able to protect something from the sea, and that I was forced to potentially cause their deaths.<br/><br/>A while passed. Many days, weeks and months. I was eventually captured by the son of the man who had gone around 5 years previously helping the shadow pokemon. Regular purification methods did not work on me. I can't go into details without boring either of you, but I needed... Nine times the power that was required to purify a regular shadow pokemon, and even then it didn't quite work right. My shadow side still exists, even today, but I keep him in check. That boy helped me to. His name is Richard, and I keep tabs on him to make sure he's doing well. I think he's quite enjoying himself currently..."