>>12597138Pokémon battles have changed. It's no longer about badges, leagues or frontiers. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines. Pokémon battles, and their consumption of life, have become a well-oiled machine. Pokémon battles have changed. ID tagged trainers carry ID tagged Poké Balls, use ID tagged Pokémon. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control. Information control. Emotion control. Battlefield control. Everything is monitored, and kept under control. Pokémon battles have changed. The age of deterrence has become the age of control. All in the name of averting catastrophe from legendary Pokémon. And he who controls the battlefield, controls history. Pokémon battles have changed. When the battlefield is under total control, Pokémon battle... becomes routine.
