“Kakuna and Beedrill in general were a more difficult subject given their inherent solitary nature although it might not look it,” Fox explained, with a little bit of a laugh at the irony. “There’s no hivemind controlling them: no queen to remove. The Beedrill themselves very rarely check in on the larva. They’re remarkably independent.”

He speaks as he follows Frank through the halls of the tastefully decorated, if blase, office space, chuckling again.

“Apologies. I do a lot of work on camera. I’m used to explaining things… or talking to myself, really.”

Fox steps past him to peer over the edge of the balcony and then look up at the golden swarm.

“Yes, this will do nicely. Thank you.”

He produces two Pokeballs and, from them, two Pokemon.

“Maacah, powder snow,” he instructed, and the Spheal began conjuring a small snowstorm just off the face of the building, fluffy flakes blowing back against the glass, temperature of the air dropping significantly. “Olera, sleep powder. Really throw it.”

The Gloom began to gather her spores, packing the glowing blue pollen into a tightly packed ball, and then jumped up on the balcony to baseball chuck it at the mass of Kakuna, where it erupted and was blown back into the swarm by powder snow. Many of the Kakuna began to rattle and drop, hitting the ground with loud clunks.

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for the swarm

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[attr="class","samknoxw"]“I’ve had some losses,” Fox admits, though he says it with the characteristic lack of emotion of a long-suffering soldier. It wasn’t the first time and it wouldn’t be the last.

He trails a hand through the kelp, frowning.

“I hate it here.” Another admission. It wasn’t his first time in this place and it wouldn’t be the last. He gives a dry chuckle as he stares down the repetitive barrel of his own chosen profession.

He slides a small recording device out from his pocket and passes it to Paxton.

“Here’s my encrypted intel dump. I’ve got to get back out there.” He gives the captain a nod and is gone, a shadow in the night.

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