Pidove is merely a Pokemon that resembles what you might recognize as a pigeon, my boy. There are no common pigeons in this universe, but there are an awful lot of powerful and dubiously-magical beings that happen to look an awful lot like them.

[He still can't decide exactly if he thinks Pokemon are magical or not, but then, all magic has a scientific explanation and all science looks like magic to someone. It's just semantics, which is probably why he's still uncertain because boy howdy does Stanford Pines like arguing semantics.]

And they always tend to fly away long before I get a good sketch of them. Do you mind if I draw yours?

[He is already reaching into his coat for his journal. This is happening.]