Yeah. She does that whole spiel to everyone that's taken from another world.

[Al offers a sympathetic smile--it seems like she was taken at a rough time.]


Uh-huh, they're the animals of this world. The locals here collect and raise them, and they have really weird abilities. You can train them to fight, if you want--if you're traveling on the routes, you will get jumped by wild Pokemon, so training at least a little is a good idea.