[She listens, and watches the man speak, noting her trainer's feelings get... uncomfortable. Naoya keeps his expression steady, but he's not enjoying this turn of events as much as he thought he would.]
Large-scale combat with Pokemon... I'm told that's rare. I think humans have used Pokemon as tools of war before... but from what I've seen it tends to be more one on one combat. Many have the drive to be stronger, but not to do 'terrible things'. My trainer has told me about war, and the things that some humans do... it sounds horrible. We don't fight and conquer like the people that he's told me about. But we're not like the animals he's told me about, either. Some Pokemon are more humanlike than others, but... well.
They seem to fall in between humans and animals. Like dolphins, or chimpanzees, or any number of other animals that could be considered truly sapient rather than sentient.
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Large-scale combat with Pokemon... I'm told that's rare. I think humans have used Pokemon as tools of war before... but from what I've seen it tends to be more one on one combat. Many have the drive to be stronger, but not to do 'terrible things'. My trainer has told me about war, and the things that some humans do... it sounds horrible. We don't fight and conquer like the people that he's told me about. But we're not like the animals he's told me about, either. Some Pokemon are more humanlike than others, but... well.
They seem to fall in between humans and animals. Like dolphins, or chimpanzees, or any number of other animals that could be considered truly sapient rather than sentient.
Something like that, yes...