"No no I mean; we both want to ride together. But, she's got some nasty scars. The people who had her before me weren't good to her." He murmured a reassurance to Scuabtuinne, he nuzzled into him and let him guide her, so her side was facing Kazuki. Ash nodded to her heavily damaged shell.

"Most Lapras have a complete shell; the cracks and the notches on her? That's the damage that was done to her, by Team Rocket." He pet her neck, leaning into her. "So she's sensitive about people getting near to that."