“I think now would be good time to start lunch.” The gym leader stared. “Agreed.” The forest monkey imputed. An hour later Cilan had Ash, Pikachu, and Oshawott go get fresh water for everyone’s canteens. Bianca with much help from Munna, and Pignite had gotten firewood, and C...
then tries to use Pikachu against a grass type (going downhill) before the gym lights on fire from Team Rocket’s meddling (no surprise there) and Erika gives Ash a badge for helping to put out the fire (don’t coddle him!).
In the last couple of years, there’s been a wave of ambitious genre-bending novels whose wide scopes and wild imaginings reflect the surreal state of our times. I’ve come to think of the form as “the speculative epic.”“Speculative” is used here as an umbrella term for science fi...