DON’T REBLOG. Emmet as a child had an accident that resulted in the lost of his right eye - which was eventually replaced with that of a robotic-bionic eye. By now, the scar only faintly remains but was a lot more visible back in the day - it is however still noticeable upon closer inspection - that is however if Emmet allows you to do so.
Ingo is the only one aware as to how Emmet lost his eye and how long he’s actually had it for, as otherwise only a select few are aware of the false eye but not how Emmet got it / how long he’s had it for ( Masa, the mayor and Elesa.) This is due to how Emmet desires to keep his false eye a secret. This is something no one would be able to pry out of him.
Emmet’s false eye does more or less function like an actual eye - HOWEVER - it’s visibility is dulled, so colours appear washed out or dulled from his right eye (and things usually have a much more blocky / simpler shape - whilst people and pokemon still more or less retrain their actual shape. His robotic eye however can feed him basic information on anything currently closest to him ( it’s range is 3 objects, usually locking onto only a single object. )
It doesn’t provide him with everything - but things such as height, names and anything bare basic - when it comes to pokemon, it tells him what the pokemon is, whether it’s been caught or if it’s a wild pokemonn and what it’s potentially capable of. Emmet does his best to avoid using this function whenever in battle (which is why he tends to usually stand to the left. ) It can also sometimes, overstimulate him if his eye is trying to feed him a great amount of information - in these cases Emmet try’s to cover his right eye (or at the very least tip his hat down / anything to obscure his eye that won’t draw attention as otherwise he’ll go somewhere less busy. )
