>>57062882After pondering it for a bit in the shower (and skimming bulbapedo) I think that Weavile would be a good candidate. The Sneasel line has always been cat adjacent to me, so there’s that. It can be found in Alola, and it’s small and agile meaning that it would probably be useful on missions. A headcanon I’ve seen is that Anabel’s Weavile was actually given to her by Nanu when she joined Interpol, so there’s that too. Plus Weavile has those red feathers (Ula’ula means red) and it has a gem on the forehead like Persian does. I like to think that if he had a Weavile there would be a mutual dislike between it and Persian (both pokemon are predators known for their intelligence so they’d butt heads) or they would get along beautifully and both of them (along with the Meowth) would completely absolutely make Nanu’s life hell
