"I guess when you spend that long with your team, you kinda get in sync with each other." It was a little funny, actually... all three of them technically could have probably evolved any time they wanted to. Go figure they'd all wait until almost the exact same time to go through with it.

Well... better late than never, he guessed. As rough as the transition had been, being a Charizard wasn't so bad. He gave his wings an experimental flex. "Usin' fire to get higher... like a hot air balloon or somethin'? You think that'll work?" The idea had never occurred to him. Unsurprising, given how his scientific know-how basically amounted to a dazzling knowledge of the finer points of combustion.

And then Char burned down the forest again.