Vinnie nodded to Red, with an air of solemness to him. "Yeah... I won't let you down."

He was quiet for a moment, before the impulse took over him too - his arms quickly wrapped around his trainer in a light hug. Max wasn't invited.

The Venusaur just wanted to savour this one moment, close to Red, as he murmured into his hat, "Just... make sure the rest of the team doesn't freak out too much or something. I won't..." Clear throat. "I'll try not to do anything stupid."

Like get hurt or more mutilated or dead. Because that wasn't a promise he knew if he could keep, seeing how his luck was going at this school.