Huh. That's not what I expected either. Although you're clearly interested in learning more about the nature of Pokemon, so I suppose it does make sense. You were always studying back at the academy.

Sylvain is a breeder too. Dimitri, Claude, and I are trainers. Which means we've been training our Pokemon teams for battle. But I wouldn't suggest neglecting your team's training either, even if you won't be competing much. You'll still run into wild Pokemon that you'll have to fight off or catch. And there's a large bandit organization in this world; we had to fend them off not long ago.

[He rolls his eyes.] I'm still trying to drill this into Sylvain's head. He's as lazy about his training as ever.