(Cadence takes a moment to respond since she's looking over the list, but once she turns on the feed, she chooses to discuss the second question first.)

Besides hatching eggs, the Pokemon I take in are generally ones I happen to meet. I met my Shinx after he lost a fight to a Trapinch and decided to look after him from that point on.

...Then again, I'm still a bit new, so I only have him and my starting Audino.