[...]

...I want the house to be filled with a handful of loving and nurturing Pokémon all the time. Pokémon that they can grow up with, even if they're not theirs. Pokémon that can go with them if they want to explore nearby or go for a walk or into Nacrene for something.

Maybe a Wigglytuff. It could help Sing them to sleep, too. And a Sunflora or Bellossom.

[He's finished massaging her back, so he moves to put a hand on her stomach. They'll... They'll have the childhood he never had. The one he wanted. He wants to make sure of that.

But he wants Hilda to have what she wants, too. They're just as much her kids as they are his.]