>>44919866If you want to have some type of emotional bond from the get go with a Pokemon, make it really simple. Like they straight up just befriended one another, nothing crazy or melodramatic, they just had a mutual trust and respect for one another and now they travel together. Example:
>My Trainer's a Gardener and for long time each night this random Oddish showed up and helped him water his plants, this went on for a few weeks until the Oddish just stayed with him and now they are best bros.You could also just have the Oddish come from an egg that the Trainer got somehow, though that may change the dynamic of how the oddish views your Trainer. They may view them as their Father/Mother or Elder Sibling/Guardian figure. But that also gives them a natural higher starting bond.