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<< Are being grown in the lab?>> The Jirachi repeated with a little frown on her face... She didn't remember seeing any offspring belonging to Tortie, though she supposed she hadn't seen -everything- in the labs, of course. She wasn't even allowed in a few places, after all... Then, there was the conversation between Aulus and Rose.

Franklin, of course, could talk to humans, and, perhaps, had not had it explained just how unusual that was for pokémon. Or how it was because of what she was... So she didn't seem to find it odd at all when Aulus and his fighting type exchanged some words. She did, however, decide to help when it seemed like Aulus hadn't quite heard what Rose had said, maybe. Or didn't understand. Either way, she was going to help!
<> She even repeated the way the fighting type had said it.

Palu, however, had noticed, and was fixing Rose with a displeased stare, like he'd done something improper... Of course, to her, he had. It was fine that Franklin got to -talk- to humans, she was a psychic type and couldn't help it, and besides, this was her room too, but Rose was a visitor! Talking to humans! He didn't even live in the room! Palu /did/ live in the room and /couldn't/ talk to humans! This was very improper!

"Hmm?" Tambrey replied, as she was moving across the room, three different dip jars sharing space in a bowl. She, of course, hadn't heard anything but pokémon speech from the Sawk... and had come to accept that Aulus could sometimes understand his pokémon well enough to converse with them in a way anyway when what they were doing was obvious.

Well of course Franklin could understand fighting types, she could understand any pok- OH! No, he meant him! /Aulus/ could understand fighting types!

Her eyes widened, and she beamed, as she watched trainer and pokemon hug, but then, suddenly, she was scrambling over to grab a notebook. It was full of scribbles already, but she found a clean page, short-handed what looked like a date and some untidily written words, and raced back over after locating a pen.

"You can?!," and then the scrambling, followed by "What were the first words you heard? Um, was there any kind of feeling, beyond emotions, at hearing them? Oh! What are you feeling now? What, um, emotions? You too, Rose," She grinned and pointed a pen at the pokémon "all the same questions..."

<> Franklin pointed out <> She hadn't really thought about /why/ she always had to translate before...

"A handstand?" Oh, right, that's not what Aulus was feeling... Good... So those were the words.
Tambrey frantically scribbled everything down while Aulus talked, and then explained what Rose had said.
"It's, um, not like when Franklin speaks? Not a," How to put this without offending the little psychic type "poke in the brain?" There probably wasn't a way.

<> Franklin protested indignantly but clearly, as though that was the only thing stopping her from trying such a thing.

Tambrey ignored the Jirachi's remark.
"That sounds like a pretty understandable reaction... Surprising there's no, um, other feeling... But I think that's been the standard too, from what I know... You hadn't heard anything from him before now?"

<> Franklin muttered in response to Aulus, but didn't elaborate.

<> Franklin agreed with the fighting type.

Tambrey nodded, and scribbled some more notes down.
"Hm. Yes... But a lot of early development goes into learning the language we're first exposed to. We actually do -learn- a language rather than inherently knowing one, it's just easier when we're young... It would be a good idea, though, yes, to study bilingual individuals who experience this..." She tapped her pen on her pad.
"So, it certainly occurred within the last 24 hours? But you're, um, not sure when? How long ago did your headache pass?"

"Mmhm, almost definitely something inside your brain changed, but I don't think it's anything that's a cause for alarm. There have been no reports of serious medical issues, as far as I know... Besides, the headache clearing up, to me, um, suggests whatever change was taking place has occurred and finished... But, well, I'm not medically trained... " She smiled "It works fine as a gesture. Yes. I imagine a lot of neurons have fired new pathways in a very short amount of time... Hm. Accelerated learning. Perhaps it's simply that that causes the headache..." She paused. "Mine is gone too. But I don't understand any of these except Franklin... Who I understand as normal anyway..."

Franklin nodded importantly.

"Perhaps... What were you thinking of recently? Anything, um, particularly related to Rose's typing? Or, Rose, have you, um, had any frustrations or things that you wanted to tell Aulus recently?" Like, in the last 24 hours...

"Hm. Yes. I have a mental list, but I should write them down... Ah. Speculation, but decent, um, speculation. Yes. I'd imagine that would make sense... We should probably ask someone who specialises in neuroscience but that, um, makes sense to me..."

She smirked at Aulus' translation, but couldn't help but frown afterward and tap her pen nervously against her bottom lip... That didn't clear up any kind of psychological reasoning...

"Hrm. Maybe proximity or... something?"

"Hrm." In her mind she was partially distracted; flying type, fire type, normal type, grass type... All these things it wasn't, she was sure... "That's a good question. And, um, ordinarily I'd definitely agree that there should be some logic... I'm more inclined this time to say I -hope- there's some logic, that we, um, understand, though..." Pokémon simply worked -weird- a lot of the time. "A survey is probably good... We have a lot more pokémon in the lab that I can try talking to as well as my own partners, and, um, yours.... So I should be able to puzzle out my own typing too, I hope..."