I don't even know when it started slipping, for a while I went without timekeeping entirely. I guess without a strict schedule to keep to it just... Fades.
I don't know why that upsets me so badly.
Despite being too old for battling I find myself endlessly compelled by them. There's nothing quite like watching the full culmination of all the time and effort it takes to unlock the true potential of a pokemon!
It used to be a running joke among my neighbors and staff how much I looked like one of the bosses from the battle subway. I got it from everyone. Nowadays it seems to be in bad taste, though.... It really is a tragedy that befell those two.
Scrafty's shedding is mostly automatic, save for their First shed which surrounds their entire bodies. They often hatch looking like they're stuck in potato sacks and need assistance to have the shed cut open and escaped from.