Pokémon Leaf Chronicles

Part 15. Short and Comfy Rationalism

Route three, according to some locals in the area of Pewter City, had been bustling with strange activity. Many even calling it UFO highway as Unidentified Flying Objects have appeared in and around the desert toward Mount Moon by eyewitnesses.

Some think it is nothing more than paranormal activity within the rocky region. While others believe them to be true events and that the locals refer to them as visitors from outer-Space. Maybe that's why Solress referred to them in that light? I wasn't too sure.

I am skeptical about Aliens visiting our planet due to the vastness of space and the many light years it takes to travel from one destination to the other. Space is like an immeasurable Black Sea. Much like the oceans of our land and their intoxicating grandeur. Stars and planets many scientists claim have habitable worlds like ours. There is a limited percentage of them.

Which was why I found it rather musing that a reputable scientist like Solress would claim such a Farfetch'd hypothesis.

No pun intended.

Then how does Solress explain the current theory going around the scientific community known as the Fermi Paradox?

According to this theory, life would need to establish itself when the stars are old and have completed their cycles of life. Most of the exo-planets outside our solar system are young and have not completed their unique cycles in order to establish a common thread for extra-terrestrial life to exist.

Both me and my friends glanced back at him as we roamed through Route three. Solress was trailing behind us. The rugged mountains and desert terrain were all the scenery we could get. According to the map. We had about thirteen more miles to go before we could reach our destination by evening.

But we were all puzzled by this zany scientist and his current ambitions?

Why can't he find the Moon Stone himself? What does he hope to gain by joining us on this trip?

Thinking too hard on it, made it even more awkward, as we both hadn't held conversation since the renown visit of the famous museum.

Guess we should help the creep find his stone as soon as possible? I relented with a sigh.

Solress impetrated to join with us toward Mount Moon in pursuit of the rare and bizarre evolution stone. We had yet to find it's whereabouts as the quirky scientist claimed the Moon Stones were left behind by the visitors on their ships from the moon.

Why did I decide to bring him along? I glowered.

I was beginning to doubt on whether it was a good idea to bring him on this trip with us. Strangers had a tendency to stick with their travelers for as long as they could. Co-dependents is what I refer to them as. Which means; his personality was kinda cramping our style.

"How do you know Aliens exist." Read Yellow on my thoughts exactly.

"Hmph-hmph!" Chuckled Solress as he pressed his glasses firmly between the rift of his flaring nostrils.

"I've seen their ship!" He squawked.

Raising my pessimistic brow; I asked him this.

"Do you have proof?"

Solress gesticulated maniacally. Pointing exceedingly toward the tall grassy field ahead. We steered our eyes towards a small red barn upon an entrance that lead a path through the winding gravel road.

"In the grass?"

The man shook his head at my dismissive questions.

"My dear, have you not heard of the phenomena of crop circles?" He inquired.