Gut feelings are all fine and good, but Sion's had to learn to be a very keen judge of character, himself. He never would have survived his childhood if he hadn't learned how to judge a person's trustworthiness, or had been unwilling to put up with occasional unpleasantness.

"I don't know about that, actually. While it's true that the Indigo League gyms seem designed to help teach trainers how to handle various types of Pokemon and their matchups, the Elite Four are more a challenge to overcome. A final exam, if you will, rather than a test. And one that's intended by design to be grueling, at that."

He would know, he was the first otherworlder to take on and pass that challenge.