>>18204420Grant crosses his arms behind his head, but reels back and uses one to pat Valerie on the head. She starts purring from the touch, "Yeah I know, she's weird and has cloudcuckoolander problems, but we have tons of history together you know, throwing all of that away would be...what did that one kid always say--NOT awesome. Yeah, that's it."
Serena steps forward "Excuse me Grant, my name is Serena, I believe we met during the race back in Cyllage City. We were wondering if you could get Valerie to have a gym battle with Calem...or Caley, to be situation-appropriate."
Grant doesn't even give it thought, "Oh, that? That's easy! See, Valerie isn't really partial to fighting dudes, she thinks that the lot of them don't "understand" what being a Pokemon is like. It's the reason for the strict policy, I'm the only one who can get her to open up to any guy challengers. Watch this."
Grant pokes Valerie's cheek in the middle of her toxin consumption, and shockingly enough, she snaps out of her trance and looks up, a dab of cream on her nose.
"Sex or alternative command, master?~"
"Alternative command," says Grant, "see? And I wasn't even trying that time."
