>>56455983They could have done the bare minimum and like made him interested in that giant mural or other things sonia was doing around the region. Imply that he has an interest in research. maybe even add in the idea that he just felt like he should be doing the gym challenge since his brother crushed it so handily.
but no he just gets curbstomped the whole story and then gives up on his supposed dream at the end I mean leon's barely in the story and he gets more development.
At least with Hau there's a story arc of him growing from a lazy trainer into someone who actually wants to put in some effort to beat the player character.