>>47707880It's the shock of losing to a child who, up until that point, probably doesn't have particularly impressive Pokemon. Someone in another thread recently implied that she didn't pass the same test at the Dragon's Den that you did, so assuming the trial was literally the same, she probably thinks strong Pokemon are superior to weak Pokemon / more important than weak Pokemon.
I think this is the same reason Silver hates battling you; Gold/Ethan/Kris/Lyra are using a bunch of shitters/alternative moves to win battles and it pisses them off. In HGSS Silver says something like
>This is why I hate battling weaklings.When you beat him in Burnt Tower.
