>>22273099"B-Baaaarrrrr..."
Barbaracle groans with a massive headache beating down on him. Without his precious rock armor holding the whole group together, he's nothing but a bunch of soggy orange noodles packed together in a wet lump.
You decide to keep Trevenant in battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwSmZhOcH0As previously mentioned, that same wet lump /could/ be devastating in the right situation, but unfortunately Siebold chose against shell smashing. A choice that you can see him regret as he recalls his ace Pokemon, leaving him with only one left.
"I see.. Perhaps that win was all on you.." Siebold admits. Though something lingering in his mind continues to bug him, a concern he voices out, "I don't understand, I thought your wins against Grant and Valerie were due in part to luck!...Yet you're putting up a viable struggle, was my evaluation of your character incorrect from the beginning?"
His ramblings make little sense to you, you don't have much to say to comfort or provoke him, "Pssssssssh, I'unno man. I mean, battles aren't like food--"
He blinks and snaps in your direction like an animal.
"What did you say?" he asks, not so much angry as legitimately curious.
A) "You uh... You don't eat a Pokemon battle, but like, you eat food.. Right?"
B) "Battling is not an art, but culinary is. That's why they call it CULINARY ARTS."
C) "The result of a battle is unpredictable, just like the result of a gourmet dis--wait fuck I contradicted myself!"