>>46740230Most of the decisions made when writing the MCs is taking the almost nothing they had going for them in the games and trying to turn that into a personality.
In this case, its the implied romance in ORAS between these versions written here as Brendan thinking May might want to quit battling(which they reveal later she doesn't...except that she actuall does).
Though that hidden detail in the OP screencap shows that Dena wanted to have fun with it, they're really like us.