Vinnie frowned, glancing away with an obvious guilty air about him. Yeah, he could keep denying that responsibility, but the truth was he didn't feel great about all that property damage. Even if he wasn't in the right frame of mind then, he hated the idea of becoming anything like that kind of Pokemon he once was.

"It's not about you and not about lifestyle." He'd lived on an ice mountain for ages, where the only source of income was pocket change from defeated trainers. Nothing luxurious about that, and he was happy enough with it.

"I don't have the loyalty t'spare just t'fight for your country. If it comes between your orders versus Red's, or the safety of the Garden, then you're out've luck. You still wanna hire me, knowing that?"