Artist's commentary
47 Super Effective
The poachers saw the Sobble Brothers and threw a pokeball toward them.
A Galvantula popped out and hit them with an electrical attack!
Try as they might to fight back, the wily arachnid had a way to counter everything they threw at it.
The Sobble were in so much pain, all they could do was sob and bawl and cry.
Grookey withstood the attack a little better, but he looked more worried than ever.
“Tiny? Tiny! Please, you’ve got to wake up!”
The little Sobble didn’t respond. The damage had been too much for his tiny body, and he’d passed out.
Rowly had been lucky enough to avoid the electric web, and fluttered back to the group.
“Grookey, should we bust out our secret weapon?” His voice was trembling.
Grookey and Rowly’s combined mastery of air and land had always seen them through before.
But this was one fight they couldn’t win.
“No... Run, Rowly! Go get my daddy!”
Rowly had never seen his friend so angry or so scared before. But it was clear they were out of their depth here. He flapped his wings as fast as he could and flew away to get help from the grownups.
Maybe if Rowly and Grookey had teamed up like they usually do, they could have beat the Galvantula. But Grookey had pretty good battle instincts, and they were telling him not to risk it.
“I have a feeling these guys have an even stronger pokemon up their sleeves...!”