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>from your town
>since childhood has been in your shadow
>acts tough and tries to put you down at every turn to compensate
>even own grandfather, the village elder, cares more about you than him
>he is forced to always play second fiddle to you, with you getting to choose your pokemon reenforcing this
>loses to you throughout the game
>gets increasingly bitter but chooses to put on a tough face to maintain his composure
>waits for you at spots where you’ve been though a lot of battles and your pokemon are weak
>manages to always stay one step ahead of you
>becomes the champion of the elite four before you
>when you beat him, his grandpa finally comes to see you and congratulates you, and insults him
>you go forward while he’s left in defeat, alone, never getting any respect or recognition from anyone he cares about while having it ground into him that you’ll always be better than him
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