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>t.Never interacted with the franchise in her lfe
If some old salaryman can get a starter to, erm well, Start his pokémon journey, despite having a job, a wife and at least one kid, then everyone here would get a starter pokémon, if they asked their local Professor/Pokémon Center attendant. And that's ignoring Nemona was able to get a Starter, despite already owning several pokemon of her own when the MC starts in the Academy in SV.