Hot Tips for a New Breeder

She grinned up at the girl, tapping the jars.

"That's where the fun starts." She sorted the jars and berries into two separate sections, waiting until the last jar was in place before beginning to explain.

"Alright, so most of these jars have crushed berries and some vitamins not found in those specific berries. Pecha berries are really sweet and work well against poison, but lack in some essential vitamins that would give a boost to a pokemon's immune system, believe it or not." She tapped the jar with a Pecha berry labelled on the front.

"Oran and Sitrus berries are good for energy, but lack in the calcium department. Berries, although really useful, aren't perfect. So we do what we can." She then moved her hands to the berries

"These I use in treats. Sometimes I make Pokeblocks, but mostly Poffins. It all depends on what time I can usually spare."

"Alright, these others are for stats and should be a relatively small amount spread out liberally and throughout meals. This will give them a stats boost, albeit at a slower rate than flat out giving them one of the vitamins Crockercorp produces." She moved to the fridge and pulled out a tray of apple slices she had prepared earlier, wrapped up in plastic.

"How about we eat these while you practice adding the berries in?" She removed the plastic and placed the plate in the center of the table where they could both reach.

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After both had made Atom's food, they took their own out to Ms. Paint's little patio to watch the pokemon chattering amongst themselves. Sienna walked over to her trainer and gently handed over her baby. Throwing her a confused look, she saw that Andrew was already adding a fresh coat of paint to his tail and that Viridian was in a battle-ready position. Smiling, she took little Umber.

"Don't destroy anything now." She warned them as the adults seemed to agree and began a three-way pokemon battle. Well, more like two on one; Andrew was trying to cover them both in paint while glaring at them.

"Remind me not to buy red paint for a while. He's getting a little TOO friendly with that color..." She mused to Orchid, who hung back with her trainer, and turned to Meulin.

"So, have you ever held a baby?" She asked as Umber began to play with her fingers.