What is it like to date someone you met playing Pokémon Go?

I'd normally rather stay at home with a virtual romance, but the game allowed me to build a comfortable - and perhaps long-lasting - bond while out and about

I can feel my shoulders freckling in the summer sun. The heat borders on oppressive and a thin line of sweat beads at my hairline, barely cooled by a passing breeze. I am standing next to a pond, atop a giant sundial where high noon betrays no shadows, and I am sending a Tentacruel - a giant poisonous jellyfish - to attack the man across from me. There are no tumbleweeds to set the scene, no spaghetti-western whistles or wide-frame cuts to layer on the tension, but my finger still twitches to the countdown of our duel.

Three. Two. One. Go.