>>38565913>I'd raise them to be exemplar monsLike most real life parents also pretend to do with their kids. Your pokemon are an inevitable source of danger, nothing is permanent, nothing will always go as you think it would go.
>I'll have another stronger pokemon to defend myselfMore like you'd now be contested by 2 pokemon. Being physically subjected or mentally abused, it's the same outcome in the end
>Where blah blahThe only danger in that hypothetical case is the hypothetical abuse you're going to feel
You all want to fight, even thought you know is a lost battle.