[b][center][h2][color=66CDAA]Nate[/color][/h2][/center][/b]
Next in line after him where the boy from before, the one that bumped into Nate, and another...girl? She seemed like a girl, but with all that hair in front of her face, Nate couldn't say for sure. Nate hadn't even noticed her when he first walked inside the lab. Anyhow, the former chose Chikorita and the latter chose Mismagius as their respective starters. They seemed to like their Pokemon so that was good. His father always told him that the bond between the trainer and his first Pokemon should be the strongest of all the other bonds they make.

After them, the red-haired girl from before walked up to the table to pick her starter too. After watching her for a bit, Nate realised that the girl probably had zero knowledge when it came to Pokemon. The way she walked to the table, her hesitation, even after picking one, Nate could see that she wasn't exactly what you'd call, comfortable with her new partner.

[b]"I apologize if anyone told you that you'd be getting one,"[/b] Prof. Elm began to say, prompting Nate to turn his attention to him. [b]"But you're not. We haven't given Pokedexes out to trainers in quite some time. They're typically reserved for research assistants and other people that are helping with research. Aside from being somewhat expensive, they are valuable research tools. You are right, though, Yuu. we could give Pokedexes to every trainer that wanted one and it could be a great help. When we first started noticing something was wrong with the Pokemon, we did exactly that and found nothing abnormal with them, aside from their increased aggression. All the professors enlisted the help of all of the Pokemon trainers that were willing, but..."[/b]

Nate was beginning to see the logic behind Elm's argument. He supposed the Pokedexes were indeed, quite expensive to make and thus, couldn't afford to give away a large number of them to new trainers. Some might lose their Pokedex or even break it and others might just not use it at all. Plus, there were bound to be times when research needed to be conducted on the spot, out in the wilderness. It's not like new or even veteran trainers for that matter, had the sort of expert knowledge researchers like Prof. Elm had so they themselves could conduct the necessary research.

[b]"It's taken awhile, but I'm finally close to a breakthrough, I think. I'm not sure...but whatever affecting them is starting when they're eggs, and not Pokemon. It's just a theory, but If all goes well, I could have a breakthrough."[/b]

[color=66CDAA][i]"Hmmm, so they are born highly aggressive rather than slowly turning feral as the grow up..."[/i][/color] That was new information to Nate. All that time, he thought that Pokemon randomly started attacking people out of the blue, which is true in a sense as no one really expected it to happen. But with this revelation, it would mean that something had been going on long before Pokemon first showed signs of aggression, 10 years ago. Nate decided to not pursue the matter more. The Prof. made it clear that they would not get Pokedexes. 

Last but not least, The blonde girl Nate talked to outside the Lab had also picked her Pokemon, a Cyndaquil. Nate didn't have time to comment on her choice as Prof. Elm quickly urged them to get going. Admittedly, it was getting late and Pokemon were definitely more aggressive at night than in the day. Nate knelt down, coming to eye level with Seb. [color=66CDAA][b]"Buddy, time to get back inside the pokeball."[/b][/color] Nate saw the confused look in the Totodile's eyes. [color=66CDAA][b]"Don't worry, I'm going to let you out lots but for now..."[/b][/color] Nate pressed the button and Seb returned back inside his pokeball, which Nate strapped on his belt.

[color=66CDAA][b]"Well then, let's get going!"[/b][/color] Nate said quite loudly. [color=66CDAA][b]"Thanks for the pokemon and the license, Prof. Elm,"[/b][/color] he told Elm and started walking towards the exit.