>>54316323This is Josef, the brother that Simon never got to meet.
I also forgot to mention that he is the son of a gym leader. Flying type, Søren.
Anyway...
On Simon's first birthday, he had a bunch of items spread out before him, and
Simon's uncle [/spoiler:lit] drops a pokéball. which Simon chooses.
Everyone around him rejoices as they think it's a sign from Josef that Simon should be a trainer. That is ...except for his mother, and to a lesser extent, his father. to which Emmet reassures them that it'll be ok.
So Simon grows up under the wings of Søren and Emmet, but despite this, Søren kept telling Simon 'When you're older, when you're older' until the cusp of his fifteenth birthday when the last of his friends left on their journey. So Søren finally decides it's time for Simon to go.
His mother, Akiko, on the other hand....will need some convincing.
I really got nothing on Josef before his death, but Simon seeks guidance from him 