[Oh no, here we go. Blue pauses mid-movement in cleaning the coffee press and purses his lips with a deep sigh, like he's already had this conversation a dozen times.]

[(Because he has.)]

Yeah, what about it? [Blue tries to play it off with the desperation of a man who doesn't want to have to explain the basic concepts of his world again. Man, he should just write these things down to hand out, or something...] Battling is a natural instinct of Pokémon, it's not like we're making them do it. [As if he could make a 20-foot long sea dragon do anything.] We just... well, partner up with them, to travel around together.

Pokémon are way, way stronger than humans, you know.