"Most of what I've seen of Princess is his interest in sitting on my books. Or me." He did feel the need to point that out.

A sigh. "I don't understand what half of that means. But it is true that the tools I've been using haven't been up to the level of danger that some of these missions have. I just don't know if taking on a pokemon is the answer."

Although if it would calm some of Ran's worry. He'd be willing to do far more than this if it meant helping her.