[She'd be a hypocrite if she called out Rise on having crying fits, honestly. Botan is very emotional herself and gets upset or cries over things that people usually blow off.]

Oh no, especially not if you're very strong. Pokemon grow quite quickly if you put a lot of love and effort into them.

[Not that she would know, she hasn't been doing the badge thing at all.]

Bless him, Ronald's been adjusting as best as he can...though as far as I see, he still annoys his superior. If you ever see a man with glasses hanging 'round him, that's William, they're from the same world.