[He's a bit more serious now, a frown in place of his smile, and Stoutland stands strong. One of them's gotta be, since his trainer's kind of hesitant in his duty.]
That guy... I understand his intentions and I agree with some of what he says, but I just can't accept that all Pokémon have to be split from their trainers if they don't want to be. He'd get hurt too, if he did that, since he'd have to leave all the friends he made behind. Last time I saw him, he was heading for the Pokémon League with the intent to beat Alder. So I've got to beat him. If I train with my friends, then I'll get strong enough to show him that his misguided thinking's just going to hurt everyone and no one'll be happy. Not humans, not Pokémon.
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[He's a bit more serious now, a frown in place of his smile, and Stoutland stands strong. One of them's gotta be, since his trainer's kind of hesitant in his duty.]
That guy... I understand his intentions and I agree with some of what he says, but I just can't accept that all Pokémon have to be split from their trainers if they don't want to be. He'd get hurt too, if he did that, since he'd have to leave all the friends he made behind. Last time I saw him, he was heading for the Pokémon League with the intent to beat Alder. So I've got to beat him. If I train with my friends, then I'll get strong enough to show him that his misguided thinking's just going to hurt everyone and no one'll be happy. Not humans, not Pokémon.
[... Some drama for your story, Shauntal?]