>>14296518that might be the angle I go for, a trainer choosing Goomy from the start, maybe getting one from his parents or something, and seeing as he'd be NPC-tier, he'd literally take years to train her up all the way.
so she'd be rather frustrated, understadably, her advances until then being taken as just 'aww, you're adorable', because hey, Sliggoo can't seem intimidating.
and then boom, big ol' slimedragon