Okay, I believe you.

_{[She grins, just a little sheepishly.]}

He's a good kid. We haven't been in the same place at the same time in ages, but back when we were both in Goldenrod, we used to spar a lot.

_{[... 'Sparring' made it sound a lot more serious than what it actually WAS, which was pretty much just a lot of yelling and trying to hit each other with wooden swords. KIDS, AMIRITE?]}