"He might," Spark agreed, reaching out to scratch the Raichu behind one of those big floppy ears. The mouse creature made a sort of happy burbling squeak as it leaned in to the attention. "Or he might turn into a somewhat more grounded version. The more common variety of Raichu has a few sharper angles and can't fly, but they're no less great."

He had a bias. All of his Pokémon were clearly the best ever.