“How curious.” Kulero thought aloud. “You are not actually Pokémon?”
Though he made a special effort to listen to everybody speak, making eye contact with them as they addressed him, he didn't move from his original position, even when Caliburn dragged himself through the dirt and over to him.
The Pokémon stared up at the evening sky, “I can’t even begin to imagine who you really are, where you are from, or even when you are from. Have you no memory of who you were before this or the life you lived before today? If not, why? What happened to those memories, and more importantly, the people and places in those memories? Are they across the stars? Across time? Or something even further? Curious, puzzling, even, puzzling indeed.”
“I understand your apprehension.” He continued. “Waking up with no knowledge of who you are, where you are, or what you’re doing here, and then, suddenly, you are addressed by a creature that claims to have summoned you but has no idea who you might be or where you are from. I’m sure you want answers, answers that I cannot give, and likewise, I’m sure you want a way home… a way that I cannot provide.”
Suddenly, Kulero turned his attention back to the group.
"I will do everything in my power to find you a way home, if that is what you wish, but please hear me out." He began. “This world needs champions, and if does not find these champions, then it is doomed. I will not ask you to be those champions, nor do I expect you to volunteer. However, I do ask that you journey out into the world and see for yourself what you will be leaving behind once I do send you home. Again, I apologize for my carelessness, my thoughtless actions that got you entangled into this mess, and I will make sure that you find your way home safely. All I can ask is that while I search for a way to send you home, that you journey out into the world and see for yourself…”
“You, you, and you.” He addressed Caliburn, Zee, and Enthen. “Head north through these woods and to a great city built where two rivers meet.”
“You, you, and you.” He turned to Freya, Lixy, and Zarapth. “Head west to where the lush forests turn into icy tundra, to the last settlement before the frozen abyss.”
“And you, you, and you.” He finally turned his attention to Blaise and Luchell, as well as Monaghan as he approached. “Head east to where the forestry turns into scolding waste, to the farthest village before the wastes.”
"Again, I apologize for entangling you in this mess.” He repeated. "But I implore you, fulfill this one simple request while I find you a way home."
"You!" Kulero addressed Monaghan, specifically, "You are not from the surface world. Perhaps it is better down there than it is up here, but perhaps not. Either way, you will accompany my two friends on their journey and see for yourself the world that you share with the rest of us..."
"Unlike the others," he concluded, "I am not asking."