A/N: Written for

Indigo League Challenge, Mt. Moon Task – 6 drabble collection (excluding extras), first drabble 100-150 words.
Mega Prompts Challenge, word prompts #495 – simple

Note that this (the entire collection) was written before the semifinals of the Kalos League concluded, so it's not necessarily compatible with the episode preceeding the finals, or the finals themselves. :)

A Trail of Dust Particles – Alain's Journey
Drabble 01: Early Reader

He'd always been a curious kid. He'd also been a bit of a lazy one, preferring to chase knowledge in libraries where all the books were carefully catalogued and each book had its own index.

When it came to pokemon, he preferred to see their pictures than seek them out in person because their appearances in the wild were so sporadic and often so ill-timed that he'd never learn as much as he could learn in his lifetime if he hit the road. He didn't need to watch battles so much as read compilations of every strategy ever used and the strengths and weaknesses of each. He didn't need to touch a pokemon to know how they felt.

Then he met Professor Sycamore, and he realised what he'd been missing out on.