Clearly, he was excited. The way he looked at it, the way he almost helped it along but retracted his fingers once he heard Trent's voice. The guy was right, he needed to let it happen naturally. The little bit of poke-talk between the Oddish and the Taillow had Kaneda giving a warm smile.

A poke here.

A peck there.

A peck huh? That meant bird type possibly, but a lot of non-bird types had beaks about them. He didn't mind so much. He enjoyed the wingspan and the fact that when they got big enough they could fly him around... because he's a lazy bastard that only thinks of the perks his Pokemon could give him in the realm of comfort rather than the realm of battle.

A few cracks later and suddenly the little Pidgey inside was flapping its wings and letting out small cries. Its eyes landed on Kaneda first, who was beaming down at it. The small little way it hopped out of its egg and started toward Kaneda's lap had him grinning. He was already digging his hand through his bag without looking to get it some seed it could handle. It was a strange mixture because these little Pidgeys were supposed to have their mothers eat the seed and then spit it out into a mush that was more easily digestible for the baby bird. While Kaneda wasn't against that, the breeder had looked at him funny and sold him the pre-mush instead of letting him take matters into his own hands.

Speaking of, his hands were being pecked at. Likely because the little bird was hungry, pecking at everything it found. Kaneda smiled and put some of the mush in his hand, moving his hand down. It happily pecked at what was in its Trainer's hand before shifting its talons and going to town on the mush in his hand happily.

"Hello there." Kaneda wanted to be the first person the Pidgey heard. "You're an interesting little ... fella? Er, fellaette?" He glanced at the different pattern than any other Pidgey he had ever seen. A sort of red, white, and blue crest on its head. He loved the mixture of colors and his free hand moved to finger the feathers, which didn't seem to bother the newborn flying type in the slightest.



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pokemon. the patriotic pidgey hatched!


pidgey • female • 01 • big pecks
tackle - heat wave
rather than the normal, dull, and non-patriotic colors, this bird beautifully boasts a red white and blue crest on top of its head!

Something like a grin pulled at Kaneda's mouth. He furrowed his brows and feigned offense, pulling a face up at Trent as he continued to move his fingers through the small bird's feathers to show his bond. You were supposed to maintain a good amount of physical contact with newborns, to establish a link and all that, right?

"Oh, wow, thanks." His sarcasm was thick, but the gratitude was sort of honest. "I'll be sure to keep my eyes on her, hands on her, keep her out of trouble." A small smile formed, one of adoration, one he rarely gave anything but Pokemon. People didn't deserve his adoration- they got it enough from everybody else, why would they need it from him? Instead, he gave friendly smiles because they caused fewer fights and were considered average and normal.

But to this little bird, who had his heart by her talons, he was all but smitten. She was adorable, beautiful, and would be wonderful. He noticed the other two Pokemon curious about her and talking back and forth about her. She seemed too interested in food and pecking at Kaneda's hand, to be bothered with them.

"I picked up the food from a breeder I crossed paths with a while back. Knowing I'd have two babies here decently soon, I thought it would be best to keep a large variety on me... to be honest, I'll be happy to rid myself of the ones I don't need." Because they were heavy and he was all about lugging around only as much as he needed at a time.



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"Don't worry I didn't plan on dumping my baby food on you." Kaneda teased - because he was far too happy and excited to see anything Trent said as all that negative. His fingers were done playing with feathers, though he was definitely pulling his fingers through her wings and over her talons. She didn't seem to mind, pecking way until the food was all gone, pecking then at his hand, and when that didn't produce food she moved to pecking at the ground.

Thoroughly amused, Kaneda moved his gaze not away from his new bird, but instead to where she was pecking, because it was close to a few things he was very fond of and would like to keep away from her beak. The remainder of the food on his hand was wiped on the grass where she was picking. She began threading the blades of grass through her beak as she tasted the small remains of the food from her Trainer's hand on them.

At the mention of flying, and 'when the time came,' suddenly he was having a small laughing fit, and a bit of a panic attack. The laugh washed away his worry to a simple realization. "Holy shit, I didn't even think about her flying. I might have to take her somewhere with other bird types for that... Since I'm not a bird, and all that."



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Oddly enough Kaneda was happy to have Trent there. Because he was sharing information with Kaneda that Kaneda would have otherwise had to research or ask a breeder he randomly ran into- if he did.

"I thought about a jump off of something at a decent height." He admitted, watching as the Pidgey turned and rotated in her new habitat, a small chirp or three coming from her as she bounced about. Her feet were new to her, though, and she fluttered her damp feathers and shook her body, puffing her feathers out and then making her way over to the closest thing that moved other than her new Trainer- something that looked like everything else on the ground with eyeballs. Which she pecked at.

Luckily Kaneda was keeping a sharp eye on her, quickly grabbing her before she could poke out Tina's eye. "Ack, no, not the eyeballs, she needs those. We don't eat eyeballs." He admitted, huffing out a small sigh. The Pidgey nibbled on his fingers before the warmth of her Trainer's hands seemed to settle with her. Her eyes slowly began slipping closed. A small chirp, soft, like a whisper, was given before she nuzzled into the hands that held her.

Kaneda softly smiled. "Already tuckered herself out. Look at that..." after a small sigh, his eyes moved up and over to Trent. "I'll train her myself then, thanks." The smile he gave reflected his gratitude and honesty behind it. "I would have had to read a book if it weren't for your big brain." Another tease, because he couldn't help but build up somebody's ego only to tare it down within the same breath.



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