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When I was a kid, I had a really good childhood friend that played Pokemon with me. I had started with Red, and he started with Yellow, though we didn't really understand the real meaning behind what's happening in the games until R/S/E came out. My friend's favourite game is Sapphire, while I personally really like Emerald. In Year 4, which I suppose is the start of middle school for you American types me and my friend found it awful hard to fit in with the new senario, as Pokemon was just starting to lose it's edge in the ol social scene.
Me and him had a lot in common, other than the Pokemon thing. We didn't like sports a lot, as we lost our breath really easily, but we were perfectly fine at all other subjects. Turns out he had aspergers and I had no idea. I guess I was just a stupid kid. He was a funny guy though, he got a huge laugh after catching a Kecleon and telling me it looked just like me. I didn't understand at all.
When we were battling, I could never beat him. Not once. He had just gotten the understanding on how to use Substitute and Focus Punch in succession, and I had no idea how to beat it. And I never did. Hid favourite Pokemon was Poliwrath, for that reason, I guess. I always tried to beat him with my favourite, Sceptile, but I could never do it. I thought it was crazy back in the day.
One hot summer, I get a call saying that my friend is in the hospital. I'd never been to a hospital to see anyone before, so I didn't really know how to act. I joked around with him, asked if he wanted to play video games, and he would always reply with a wheezy chuckle and a wide smile. Turns out unlike me, who just didn't like sports at all for being a lazy git, he couldn't really do sports at all. On top of the aspergers thing, he had really bad asthma, as well as a really weak lung tissue. [1/2]
