I know. And I know that I wasn't enough to be a match, especially not with one pokémon weakened from my battle with Jasmine. That's why I called for help in the first place.

Lightning knows we're capable in battle - that we're soldiers trained for situations like this. I've fought alongside her before. [another sigh as he feels his emotions getting to him before he tries to restrain them.]

... It doesn't matter how capable she and Hope are. They still could have gotten into a really bad situation against Bowser. It's happened before to our teacher, and because we didn't abandon him and run like he wanted us to, he survived when he would have died otherwise. I thought I was at least strong enough to give her back-up in case that happened again... But whatever growth I've gone though didn't matter at all.