>>42807771Every Generation's player character is that region's Professor. Even Gen 3, it's the reason why the male and female protagonists are interchangeable.
Maybe Norman let his wife get boned by the Professor. Maybe the Professor had twins and put one up for adoption because he didn't want his wife to raise two kids while he was out in the field.
Either way it explains the sudden dramatic infatuation the kept child feels towards the player: In a startling number of cases where kids are separated and brought together but are unaware of their relationship they tend to, well, hook up
