"Mm. Seto Kaiba, also from Japan, CEO of Kaiba Corporation, the city's most prominent gaming company," he explains, with the strongest grip of a handshake that his smaller hand will allow. It's hard to project his usual dominating aura when he's not used to being smaller and shorter, but he sure is Trying to stretch to his full height.

"I would've guessed professional bodybuilder, but that doesn't surprise me either."

That little bit of backstory catches his interest.

"We've fought a Buzzswole before, but we did so by...entering a flexing contest with it. With muscles like yours, you could've won easily. But our Pokémon have strange and powerful gifts that need to be nurtured," he agrees, looking over at the little Rock type.