Yup! I nearly took it down all by myself! [He lies effortlessly. It's probably easy to find out that's not the case at all- what with Firepaw, Lusamine, and Siffrin all being in the same guild- but whateverrrrr.] It juuuust got away. Maybe someone else can go ahead and finish it off and hog the glory since I'm such a nice guy!

But enough about lil ol' me. [Notably, he hasn't actually mentioned how he's feeling at all.] You sure are tough! I thought Fire-type was weak to Ground-type, but you're stronger than that! [This might seem like a backhanded compliment, but he actually seems a little impressed.]