>>33178727Indeed. It's not impossible to have someone thinking "I'll do this when I'm older!" I sure did, but we're talking about Pokémon here. They're not exactly into big sprawling story with all kinds of hidden aspects (though some people sure love to make videos pretending the do **cough**Gnoggin**cough**). What they say is generally what you get.
They may have used a seemingly younger version of her in the anime but I doubt she's under 19 in the games as a result of her saying that. 18 maybe but even that is probably too far off for how hamfisted they tend to be with their writing.