"Not at all."

Frank pulls out his phone.

"Hey, Jada."

Frank pauses briefly as the other person talks.

"Yes, I know you're at work, this is important. Is Dr. Waters still testing that ultra-rapid sequencing thing?"

Even shorter pause.

"If, hypothetically, I met a portal victim and he wants to find out if he's really human or just looks like it, and you could score a teleport out here to get a sample, would you have anything useful to tell him by 6 PM?"

Longer pause.

"Thank you so much, I owe you infinitely, love you!"

Frank hangs up and addresses Kyeo.

"Yeah, I think we can get it done in time, if not I'll buy you dinner for tonight. That was my sister, Jada, she's a nurse at the hospital—not the Pokemon Center, the human hospital in Castelia."

"You still have human hospitals even though humans can be treated here by magic? - you have teleportation?"

"Pokemon moves can handle minor injuries, and most viral or bacterial infections if you catch them in time, but there's stuff that's beyond them—broken bones, missing limbs, genetic disorders, cancer. Long-distance teleportation is a Pokemon technique and a rare one at that, the technological kind of teleportation gets prohibitively expensive when you try to go much longer than a football field."

"We don't have the technological kind either. Perhaps it was derived from the magical sort?"

"It was an offshoot of Apricorn research, I think. To be fair, Apricorns are also basically magic if you don't have the relevant kind of physics degree."

There's a knock at the door!

"Come in."

"Hi portal guy! I'm Jada, what's your name?"

"I'm Kyeo Sebe Luk."

"Nice to meet you! So, do you want the blood draw or the cheek swab?"

Before Kyeo can answer, Jada's phone buzzes.

"Wait, holy crap, the hospital is offering you a million Pokedollars if you get both and let them do additional testing to publish in research papers! It'd be anonymized, of course."

"That's about four months' rent here in Driftveil," Frank says to Kyeo.

"Less than two months in Castelia," Jada grumbles.

"You made your choices."

"I... am not accustomed to money. My planet has moved beyond the need for it. So I'm not sure how to respond to that."

"Thundurus's balls, how did you guys manage that?"

"Frank, focus. And language. Kyeo, how about I go ahead and get both, you think about it while we do the genetic test, let the doctor know what you've decided when she gets back to you with the results, and if you don't wanna let us keep your samples we'll throw them out?"

"...all right."

Jada efficiently collects the samples. The blood draw is nearly painless.

"The doctor will video call you with your test results in about an hour. Assuming you are indeed a normal human, mind if I come back at that time to make sure you're up to date on your vaccinations?"

"Please. I must assume this planet has completely different diseases from mine."

"It probably does! Did you have the Blissey or Slowbro or whatever they have here hit you with a Heal Pulse? That should minimize your odds of passing any of yours to us."

"I believe that's what repaired my concussion, yes."

"Oh! Yikes, glad you got that taken care of. If I were you I wouldn't have sex or risk blood contact with anyone until you can get more extensive testing, there are a few pathogens that can survive a Heal Pulse but they're all either bloodborne, sexually transmitted, or both."

"All right."