>>43068110>implying pokemon are retarded animals that can't reasonShedinja, despite being a husk of a shell, has enough intelligence to follow commands from its trainer, so it would be smart enough to not kill its own trainer as well.
Hell, there's plenty of examples in the anime and other media already. Honedge have been shown being wielded by their trainers with no ill effect, so the dex was outright wrong about it stealing anyone's life force and probably meant only strangers would be affected.