He's pretty much my oldest friend, of everyone here.

[ Also he's a lot nicer to her than he is to you, duh. ]

Yeah! I'd feel better if she were travelling with a partner again, too. She's a really sweet girl.

And Jake is basically John's ectodad? He's really nice and you were training him for...something, I'm not totally sure what.

And if you don't pick a birthday, I won't give you a present, and I happen to have a shiny Corsola, which means I could breed a variety of shiny water types.

[ Why yes that is blatant bribery, just complete her goshdarned calendar. ]