We have not been able to find any obvious common thread! There are reasons why I may have become this Pokemon, and it is the same for my brother, but we are from a world with Pokemon in it already - we have associations with them that the rest of you would not.

[Anyway, the reasoning isn't really along similar lines. His own case is benign-to-neutral; Emmet's seems downright cruel.]

And no, it does not help me navigate. It only means I have more wilderness experience than most. But please, do not feel like you must take hits on my behalf! I am fairly durable!