[Okay house cat size she can deal with, definitely. She takes a niiiiiice, long time to reply to you, a few hours, in fact. Now she's sitting somewhere like a lodge with her Mawile getting drunk on hot chocolate next to her.] Ohhhh! That's good! Can you kick them around and toss them on the wall and- and squish them? Do they make funny noises when they get scared?

[Is this kid serious-] I know Ayani makes funny noises! [You may not want to ask her on how she knows that, but whatever.] Orrr... can you only scare them once your own Pokémon gets strong?