[And condescension is a huge damn berserk button for him. This is clearly going to be great.]

I'm well aware of that, as far as the latter half of what you're saying goes - when it comes to the former, however...well. As much as I appreciate a challenge, there's a difference between difficulty and true futility.

[Basically, you're not going to raise a Magikarp that can best the champion, no matter what you do to the poor pathetic thing; had it no evolution, why would anyone in their right mind bother training one?

However! Clearly the status quo has been reset, and Kimblee is honestly kind of amused at both Gorthan's...weird fascination with the Vulpix and the fact that Vulpix is headtilting like a madly headtilting thing at him.]

Go on, then.

And as for whether he's a pet or not, he's...something along those lines. He'll be raised properly along with the rest, of course, once a suitable location is found to do that - there seem to be a fair amount of grass-type Pokémon in this area, however, so perhaps this will work reasonably well. Whether I end up using him in these...Gym battles or not is another matter entirely.

But I've told you before that I don't believe in taking on charity cases; he'll learn to fight eventually.