[...it takes him a while to actually respond to this, because well... his pride tho

...but yes, it won't do him much good to sit around complaining about it, as much as he wants to.]

...well, given how much importance this place places on Pokemon battles, I don't doubt there will be another tournament sometime in the future. I'm quite certain that, by that point, I won't have to worry about things coming down to bad luck.