Similarities to Sync Stones

Professor Bellis!

Oh, Nemona?

You know those mysterious stones that everyone's been talking about? We found some, too!

Really?! Where did you find them?

Erm... Well, I found them by coincidence when I was battling in town...

Oh? In town?

My Veevees also found some when we were walking around town...

As I thought, they don't seem to be ordinary ores.

I have a question for the two of you, as you're both from Paldea.

Are these stones similar to Tera Jewels?

Hmm... I'm not an expert or anything, so I'm not too sure...

but the energy these stones give off kinda feels different to me.

The way the stones sparkle and shine is different, too, isn't it?

Yup yup! It's different, all right, though these stones are pretty, too!

OK, understood. Thank you, both!

If you find them again, let me know!

Will do!

So, the stones were also found in town?

Oui! As we thought, they're similar to sync stones, but have key differences.

Erm... Come to think of it, where ARE sync stones found?

Yeah! I'd like to know, too!

I've been using one ever since I came to Pasio without really thinking about it much, but I don't exactly know what kind of stones they are.

Oh, sorry! Of course!

As a sync stone researcher, I can give a brief explanation.

Sync stones are mysterious rainbow-colored minerals that are mined from deposits in the seabed around Pasio.

That's the reason why Lear decided to create an artificial island here.

Lumps of sync stones can be found deep underground...

but countless pieces rise to the ocean's surface due to natural causes, such as plate tectonics and the movement of celestial bodies.

At night, the pieces floating on the ocean make it look like a starlit sky, it's very romantic!

That sounds lovely!

As you know, sync stones are pretty, but they also contain powerful energy.

They release that energy in reaction to the bond between a Pokémon and its Trainer...and they can cause chaos if they're used the wrong way.

Yeah... They can strengthen your bond, but they can also tear you apart from your Pokémon...

However, sync stones cannot release energy unless they've been specially processed.

That's why they're embedded in everyone's Poryphone.

Handling a sync stone in its raw state is not dangerous. However...

We don't know if that's true of these mysterious stones, even though they have similar properties as sync stones, right?

Exactly...

I see... If sync stones are normally found in the ocean...

then the stones we're finding in town must be different.

It's also strange that we've only been discovering them recently, even though people explore Pasio every day.

(Something that happened recently...)

(Giovanni tried to take over Pasio, and a space-time rift appeared...)

(Are those incidents somehow related?)