[...well, the Togepi certainly doesn't mind, if the fact that he actually shuts up pretty close to immediately is any indication - he doesn't know who the tiny pale thing currently cuddling him is, but hey! Free cuddles!

And really, if that thing is quiet, then no, Descole definitely does not mind.]

Oh, it's definitely not the one I started with. It is fully hatched, however, strangely enough - there was a secondary shell underneath the one it hatched out of. It's just a characteristic of the species, really, if a bit of an odd one.