Dead tired Kotami, suffering from nausea, tunnel vision and a terrible headache, quickly bent down and vomited.
After a while Kotami stood up and approached the still confounded abra, his voice weary as he said:
"What happened between us just now?"
'I… don't know' abra tentatively replied as a tiredness deeper than he ever experienced assaulted him.
'Your psychic powers are unstable though… Kotami.
Let me help you out first, before you end up losing control or worse'.
Sounded abra's calm and unusually sleepy voice telepathically through their link.
"What powers- wait how are you speaking into my mind?" Said Kotami first curious then astonished."
'It is called telepathy' conveyed abra.
With a touch of worry in his voice, abra said, 'let me help you'.
He then enveloped kotami's body with his psychic energy, conveying a tranquil and serene aura which helped momentarily calming down Kotami's unstable powers.
Kotami, now feeling much better asked, "So I have psychic powers?"
'Yes, my mother once told me about a one in a million anomaly where humans develop psychic powers and since I'm feeling a familiar energy coming from you, I just added things together. albeit most humans can't use their powers properly and theiy vary in strenght. Not nearly enough to compare with psychic Pokémon.'
"So will you teach me how to use my powers?" Kotami excitedly said as his breath hitched.
'I will teach you how to control your powers from escaping your control by teaching you meditation, I can't teach you moves, you don't have the necessary energy reserves or quality, at best you might learn how to levitate rocks, comunicate telepathically or read minds.'
"Wow, that is still hella cool!" Kotami exclaimed full of joy.
"So abra will you be m-"
'Yes, I will accompany you on your journey'
Abra reading his thoughts interjected before Kotami could finish speaking.
'Kotami, I don't know what this is, but can't you feel it too?If I focus a little I can hear all your thoughts, perceive your emotions and even share our senses'
'The feeling is much weaker, but similar to the… connection, from before?'
As abra was wondering what had happened between them, Kotami was trying to feel the connection abra was talking about, with all his might.
Then all of a sudden it struck him!
Did abra just say that it was willing to become his Pokémon?!
'Am I really going to have my first Pokémon?'
His heart beat wildly at the thought.
Who wouldn't want to ecome a trainer in this world?!
Everybody dreamed of becoming one.
As abra was perplexed about the event he still felt the thoughts of Kotami.
'Kotami your control of psychic energy probably isn't refined enough to sense the link just yet, I will teach you how to meditate as we head to viridian city'
"Okay." Kotami still struggling to adapt to the new mind reading situation missed a beat during his relply.
"Let's sleep first though, I think we are both spent after that."
'Okay'
***
As both were sleeping in the cave sheltered from predators and other dangers, morning quickly came around as the sun rose.
The forest was nothing like the night before.
What was just hours earlier fraught with dangers was now a serene forest with plants adorned with morning dew.
After they woke up, Kotami ate some rice and then with abra took the twig out of Kotami' shoulder by pulling with his psychic energy.
Blood came out, but they quickly stopped the haemorrhage and wrapped a piece of clothing tightly around the wound.
Next abra and kotami both sat down with crossed legs as abra was teaching Kotami how to meditate.
'Take deep breaths and slowly try to visualise you psychic energy with your spiritual sense'
Abra patiently taught Kotami as time passed.
After a couple of hours Kotami finally felt something.
Afraid of losing the feeling and losing his progress, he quickly asked abra what he was supposed to do then.
'Guide your psychic energy and form shapes in your mind with it, start by drawing a lotus' petals for example'
Through abra's repeated guidance Kotami, though already tired, eventually managed to make some progress in honing his sprituality, the sense one used to read other's thoughts, communicate telepathically and guide energy. And his command over psychic type energy also improved.
Through reiterated meditation and usage of psychic energy, the spiritual sense would become stronger and more precise. The psychic energy would slowly accumulate too.
After a small fifteen minutes rest, Kotami still felt tired but his mind had already recovered to a sufficient level.
Ready to depart he turned around to abra and said:
"Let's go"