I was raised to believe by my father that all Pokemon battles were nothing but a method of abuse on the trainer's part, and he made certain that all I was ever exposed to were Pokemon who had been abused, mistreated and abandoned by overly ambitious trainers.
And I foolishly accepted this to be nothing but truth. Yes, there are those who are cruel out there, but Hilda taught me with more patience than I thought possible that those trainers do not make up the full equation. They don't even fall among the average, and the average trainer is kind, caring, and love their Pokemon as much as they love their own human family.
Even so... it has taken me a long, long time to accept that my own friends are more than capable of holding their own...
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And I foolishly accepted this to be nothing but truth. Yes, there are those who are cruel out there, but Hilda taught me with more patience than I thought possible that those trainers do not make up the full equation. They don't even fall among the average, and the average trainer is kind, caring, and love their Pokemon as much as they love their own human family.
Even so... it has taken me a long, long time to accept that my own friends are more than capable of holding their own...