No matter when you ask me, I'm going to say it's symbiotic. Necessary. [He watches Linda intently as she says this. With some level of pride, even]

She's prideful and more than a bit of a handful. She also can get in over her head, so someone's got to reign her in. Green-san only hammered that point in more.

[And he still doesn't have his pokedex because of that]