[At this point, the little swinub squeaks before her trainer could reply. Yep-- he's a total failure at this! He's not even allowed home until he wins!]
Rolo!
[Though he couldn't speak to pokemon in the way that some could, he knew this one well enough to know when she was teasing him. Face burning in embarrassment, he scooped the little swinub up and held her in the crook of his arm, just to keep her from teasing him some more.]
--Well. I think that'd also be obvious.
[He was one and twenty years old-- why couldn't he even put a ding in those scales?]
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Rolo!
[Though he couldn't speak to pokemon in the way that some could, he knew this one well enough to know when she was teasing him. Face burning in embarrassment, he scooped the little swinub up and held her in the crook of his arm, just to keep her from teasing him some more.]
--Well. I think that'd also be obvious.
[He was one and twenty years old-- why couldn't he even put a ding in those scales?]