Payback. Joseph can make a few guesses about what that moves does, and only has a few seconds to decide how he wants to handle it.

"Hold on, stay back-"

The conflicting orders just make the Charmander hesitate, staying in place too close to dodge out of the way of the Scraggy's Payback. When he inevitably gets hit, Rush lets out a frustrated charrr! and just tries to bite Jean.