"I'd have to see them against Team Rocket under other circumstances," Claude replies, sidestepping the blow. "Obviously they were doing a lot of prep work ahead of time for this - look how they had everything ready to go. That probably means they'd scoped out their opposition in advance, too. Being able to prepare for something you know is coming but your opponent doesn't...that can give a huge advantage that anybody might find it hard to overcome. It doesn't mean the Jennies are usually competent, but I can't judge them just based on today."

He grins for a split second at Akane's suggestion - he doesn't want to wear the wrong kind of expression for a fight, either, in case anyone's watching. "That'd be perfect, actually. You can get my contact information from there, right? Tell me how to contact him in private?"