"Wholesome story time: My neighbor's kid (10yo) experiencing Pokemon for the first time"

My neighbor needed me to watch her kid for a few hours yesterday. I know she likes Pokemon, she has a pile of cards she trades with her friends but doesn't actually play the TCG. So, after getting permission from her mother, I ask her if she wants to play Pokemon. She says she doesn't have her cards with her, and I'm like, "No, I've got my Switch up on the TV. Want to try it? (Sword)"I've never seen her move so fast. She gets into the game and spends a solid 5 minutes looking at each starter, she finally goes with Scorbunny. Her first encounter with the Skwovet in Slumbering Weald, she doesn't want to "kill" it so she runs away. Her next encounter is Rookidee which has unnerve. She sees that Scorbunny is nervous so she doesn't make it fight and runs away again.Finally on Route 1, she gets her first real encounter with Pokeballs. It's Skwovet again, I point out she has Pokeballs. She tosses one at it without weakening it, it pops out, she runs away. More tutorial, and she gets to Route 2. Leon shows her how to catch (why doesn't he weaken it?) and gives her 20 Pokeballs. Her next (several) encounters she just chucks balls and catches them on the first try. "Wait, of course, I'm using Pokeballs given to me by a Poke Master."...me: nodding like it really had an influence.She gets to Motostoke after doing a Max Raid and freaking out about being able to Dynamax. She is forced to fight the Team Yell grunts. She doesn't understand type matchups, levels, or that switching let's the opponent attack while you switch, and that you probably don't want to fight a level 15 Zigzagoon with a level 10 Zigzagoon. This particular grunt says he will take all your Pokemon if you lose. She's not doing so well and she, almost in tears, asks me to beat him for her. I explain that, no, he won't take your mons and no you won't lose to him as soon as you switch to Scorbunny.We see the cutscene for the opening ceremony and she says "I guess all of the other trainers have done this before since they aren't in awe of the crowd." (Solid observation, I didn't catch that) then she leaves and runs into Hop again where he asks if you want to battle, she says no but doesn't let you pass ("Well I guess I have to fight him")She makes it through route 3, Galar Mine, and route 4 without incident. She handles Bede like the champ-in-the-making she is and gets to Turrfield. After more exposition, she gets to the gym and has to do the Wooloo round up challenge. She loves this little minigame. She's struggling with it and then finds out that beating the trainers makes their Yampers not chase the Wooloo anymore.She has a bit of difficulty with Milo because she still doesn't understand levels but comes out on top and gets really excited about her new badge. At this point, it's like 7 PM and she started at 1:30 with a short break in there and her Mom tells her to go home. She has had so much fun with this game and has never sat still for so long, her mother is wowed by this fact. I think she might be getting Pokemon soon.The End. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3jxhQYY