[...Green was the grandson of Professor Oak in Kanto? Huh, interesting, but Cilan saves his interest in that for now to address the actual issue at hand as he listens to what Green has to say and mulls it over a little.]

Hm, I see...in Unova, the Pokedex was given out to any new trainer by our region's Professor like any other region normally does, last I was aware, but it sounds like things are different where you're from...and sadly, I've met a few trainers, with or without pokedexes, that have made it clear that what they seek is strength over companionship with their Pokemon, even if it's not spoken aloud. [Trip, as a mild example, or that one asshole kid who abandoned Tepig as an extreme example...]

Still...this is a rather disappointing taste--Masaomi, while reckless in regards to a few of the strategies he comes up with, he did seem to show some promise with Linda when I first battled him months ago... [At one point he threw himself in front of one of the attacks of our Pokemon rather than letting his Pikachu get hit by it, so he's not sure if he can qualify Masaomi's attention towards Linda as only "passive", but...though, nor does Cilan ever want to think he was wrong about anything but I digress.]