"At that moment, a Ultra Hole opened up and the Ultra Beast Nihilego came through it. It was beautiful, captivating... and it tried to kidnap me. It tried to drag me into another world, and I was only six at the time. Silvally rushed to my aid, and saved me from Nihilego, but the incident traumatized me for life. All I could see in my eye, was a shadowy Pokemon, screaming at me with fang and claw, lunging at me out of the darkness with glowing eyes."

Lillie took a sip of her drink. "I lived with the fear of Pokemon for years, unable to touch them, still loving Pokemon but unable to touch, interact, but I still tried so hard to do things with them. But being close to them would elicit a scream of fright, even though I would jump and flinch. And then I got an egg, and from it, I hatched Snowball."

Lillie reached over and pet Snowball on the head, the Vulpix rubbing her head into her hand. "Snowball was the first Pokemon I could touch. And then, Pikachu was the second. Slowly, gradually, I grew past my fear. Little at a time."