[Mmm. He makes a noise of confirmation. The new sync ought to be done. He folds his arms behind his head and looks up at the ceiling]

In combat, it's not that unheard of... But it wasn't a very good pokemon battle in that case. Because in a pokemon battle, you should be focusing on your partner. Moving in tandem with them, maybe giving some assists and directing them to the best paths. Ideally, you'd work together. Chien-kun and I ended up in fight entirely apart from Linda and Soren - our battle.

[He glances down now, first at Soren and then at Ikki]

Does that make sense?