Well, battling's my focus, and when I faced a trainer who used no vocal commands and lost... That gave me a pretty clear idea just how inconvenient they really are. The Pokémon are the ones fighting. They'll react faster if they don't wait for the next order.

[He shrugs.]

But I still see what you're trying to say. Treating them like weapons won't help much in the long run, but if your Pokémon tries to maul everything that moves, sometimes you have to use force.

I'd rather not wind up with broken bones.