You probably shouldn't, [Steven says, frowning.] He's one of those animals too. They're called Pokemon and they're what this world has instead of normal animals. The team gave him to you, because they think you might need him to fight with--ah, that's what the pokemon animals of this world do. They fight each other for fun.

And-- since you're from another world like I am, I should probably let you know that the group of us who came from different worlds than this one all have a crew together and you're welcome to join it once your training is over. We work under Handsome Jack--he's our Alpha, which is as high as you can go with the Team if you're not native to this world--and he's very good at what he does.