But this time, he was perfectly willing to admit that it was his fault.
"Much as I would like to avoid being unpleasant," Professor Oak sighed, "I really think that this needs to be addressed, especially since this could have been much worse."
"Yes, sir," Ash answered, letting his shoulders slump. This had been his chance to be the one in charge of his relationship with Akane, but he'd let her do as she wanted anyway.
"I know that you really empathize with the pokegirls, and that's a definite plus. But there is such a thing as too much freedom."
The new trainer pressed his lips together as he recognized that he'd been expected to rein her in, and he'd merely watched what happened in her wake.
"There are rules about this sort of thing for a reason. Not only does it keep pokegirls safe, but it makes it so that trainers can start in an understandable and safe way. Just grabbing pokegirls may deprive a trainer of the perfect pokegirl for that person, and promotes simple grabbing of the closest pokegirls."
Taking a look at the pokeballs lined up between the two of them, the teenager winced and noted the little stockpile that he had.
"The truth is that I wouldn't mind that so much if you hadn't just let your pokegirl wander around like that."
"She seemed to be looking for...." Ash began.
"A chance to cause you grief? Listen to me, it isn't exactly like you can allow her to do what she felt like. Just doing that would set a bad precedent, and in the future, she could wind up using special attacks when she's annoyed, or angry. A trainer's job is to be the one who guides, protects, teaches, and instructs his pokegirls. You did none of that!"
A sigh passed by Ash's lips, and he hung his head a bit.
"I'm disappointed in you. Very disappointed," the Professor told him, while:
(Posted Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:01)
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