>>28636845Thanks! I'll look into it
>>28636916Really? That sounds frightful! I trust the mother's judgment though in situations like this. You see, these Pokemon aren't mine entirely. I'm more of a Pokemon conservationist in training. The Ninetales that has kits now was once an injured Alolan Vulpix we found closer to the bottom of a mountain. Normally they tend to stay higher up in the mountains to avoid human activity, so we found it a bit strange that she was so far down.....and alone. Their mothers are VERY protective and would never abandon them even for a second. If you ever see one in the wild playing alone, it's never REALLY alone, so you must be VERY cautious.
But this little girl had no mother to speak of.....so we feared the worst had happened to her. Alolan Vulpix/Ninetales fur is the most beautiful, exotic, and luxurious fur within the different regions, so it's not uncommon for them to be hunted......another reason they stay farther up the mountain.
We surmised that she and her mother were being chased by hunters, and in order for her child to live, she gave her life to go and fight them head on.....leaving her only kit near the base of the mountain with an unspoken hope that she would be in good hands before going back for one last stand.
I just happened upon the small little bruised bundle of fluff on one of my rounds as a mountain ranger. I scooped her up and quickly brought her back to my cabin to tend to her wounds. Nothing serious, thanks goodness, but she took a longer while to wake up than I anticipated. When she did finally come to, she seemed quite understandably scared and confused.....crying out for a mother that would never come. When she realized her cries weren't working, she tried to muster up all of her courage and bite my hand, but rather than scold her, I just scooped her up and cradled her back and forth, which brought her to start whimpering softly, but she settled down.
