Secrets of the Universe

Stop the clock, pause the hands
Put your finger on the digit of minutes, and pull back
And watch the world spin in reverse

Before the world heated and frosted
Before shooting rocks collided as bullets in the air
Solid mass scatters
Gaseous bodies burst into clouds
The streams of Andromeda, Triangulum, Sombreros and Milk climb their waterfalls
And the stars and their dust collect back into a single grenade at the center of it all

An explosion needs its elements, the composition and the trigger
Gunpowder goes off with a spark
A bang, big or small, will ring in the ear long after combustion
But before it becomes ashes, smoke and burns
It’s a grenade

Do you think they only ever shipped out one?
In a crate as big as space?

Eevee. the Evolution Pokémon

hand-drawn artwork

Within an Eevee is the key to understanding Pokémon evolution. There is no other Pokémon known in the world that can evolve up to eight separate ways, into eight separate Pokémon, and it is rumored there are still evolutions to Eevee we have yet to discover. This quantity and variety only exists in Eevee because of its unique genetic code, which allows the Evolution Pokémon to gradually adapt to its surroundings and the environments it finds itself in before it even undergoes evolution. It can live nearly anywhere in nature, under any non-volatile conditions, though it is believed it can adapt to those too. Even its own face will gradually change itself to match its trainer’s, adapting to their care and attitude.
We do not fully understand how Eevee can exist as it does with such an unstable genetic code that should make it impossible for any life form to maintain their own sense of self, but we do know that when we do understand it, there will be no Pokémon on our planet we could not evolve. Thanks to the species, we already understand evolution through a trainer’s bond; exposure to sunlight and moon light; absorption of the natural elements; absorption of radioactive elements; and if we could achieve evolution in an Eevee through trade, normal strength gain, exposure to other items or even a difference of gender evolutions, we could determine how and why evolution works worldwide and how to offer it to Pokémon species who otherwise don’t evolve these ways.

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