It is hard to imagine, in this age of advanced technology, video games, and fierce pokemon battles, that humans and pokemon alike once found joy in watching light dance upon a polygonal shell. Yet the concepts which underlie our computers bear a striking resemblance to the way in which Dottler communicate (to audiences, not to one another, for a Dottler's eyes are positioned too low to see their compatriots' shells). The early generation of Galarian computer scientists were all keen Dottler-watchers as children, and computing as we know it rests on Galar's contributions.

To the uninitiated observer, a Dottler's shell is nothing more than a child's toy, interesting past that age primarily by being built into the pupa phase of a living pokemon. And while it is true that Dottler light up in ways which can teach any toddler their shapes and colors, this does not give enough credit to their complexity. It should not be forgotten that Dottler are psychic pokemon, with advanced minds if not true telepathy, nor that black lines on their shell visible to the naked eye are only the best-worn of their many grooves. By lighting up in specific ways, Dottler can project not only shapes but rudimentary images, and the best-worn grooves of a Dottler's shell are the most common "letters" of a visual language all their own.

For most Dottler, this existence is only a phase until they finish evolving, but some grow attached to the art, for an Orbeetle's dots offer significantly fewer options for visual communication. It is said that, on the day the world ends, these Dottler will continue to signal with their shells, giving shows as all else crumbles to dust. And then, at last satisfied with their mastery, they will evolve into Orbeetle to lord over the ruins.