I guess that could work, even though I kind of hate shiny altaria's lol I think... Well I haven't divulged into Evian's background yet, but I'm thinking, they're funding his journey (he's a prissy rich kid whatcanyado) so I think this could work: Evian is their only child, and he's in a region all the way away from home, so they arranged with Kukui for Evian to have a partner on his journey until he caught more pokemon. That's where your character comes in. That'll keep them together! And they'll become better friends over time. :3 How is that? Or we can do the shiny swablu thing, whichever you prefer. I honestly don't mind!