They can, yup! It can take a while to get the hang of, especially when having a Pokemon with a dual type can mess with its strengths and weaknesses, but you learn more and more as you get to know your Pokemon.

It's...hard to really say why any of us are brought here and who stays and who gets home. I...had a sister that was here for a while, but she eventually got sent home after a while. [ Pausing a moment, she clears her throat and pushes on. ] But some people I know have been here for years. And the people back home don't seem to realize that we've even gone...something about time being frozen? So at least we don't really have to worry about that.

There's that, at least. But I bet it's been pretty weird, being something so different from what you originally were.