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In a completely hypothetical situation, let's say pokemon exist.
You catch and train a pokemon, spending long hours "bonding". It reaches it's max abilities, which are not to your liking, seeing as you intended to compete professionally.
You can either give up on it , keep going (and get rekt), abandon it, or genetically modify it to be "perfect."
Note: modifying it means you're pokemon is no longer the same inside. Sure, it still has an affection towards you, but it's personality has changed completely as a side effect of the "treatment."
Wat do? Which would be more cruel?