Max, if Red's lungs were collapsed from the sheer pressure of that hug, Vinnie was going to be kind of upset. He is so worried for his trainer's ribcage right now. And his spine. And while we were at it, his own chest cavity was trying to regain its normal shape.

"This is just until I can pay you back, right...?" No offense Max, but he already belonged to someone else. And the fact that young Max looked suspiciously similar to his jerk Ivysaur days was somewhat unnerving. He didn't have nearly enough history or patriotism for Orange Star to be interested in its politics. "I'm not lookin' to make a career of this like you..."