He clearly is a bit taken aback by her teasing. “I- I’m not of course.” It was going to become incredibly hard to read in this house, he could just tell. Though he did listen to what Irish had to say, and though he didn’t agree with her path he didn’t blame her for taking it either.
“Well, as long as you don’t bring the police to my door or anything.. So try not to get yourself in too much trouble while you’re staying here, got it? I just got settled here.” He just kind of takes Kuno’s paws to his head, pushing up said glasses. “My glasses don’t make me smart, it just means my eyes don’t function well on their own so I need them to see correctly.”
He gave a sigh. Going about explaining something complex like that was something else altogether. “It’s that humans have particular rules that you shouldn’t break called laws, and they have a group of people to help enforce those laws called police. If you break a law and are caught by the police, they could put you in jail for a long time among other things. It’s a way to maintain order, so that society doesn’t just erupt into chaos. But it’s alright for you as a pokemon because that’s how dark-types like you tend to gain advantages in battles. People can’t expect pokemon to understand or follow human laws, and so they just adapt the best they can to pokemon behavior instead.”
“So you just have to not get caught, right?”
Well, that's one way to interpret it. Svetlana brings a hand to her mouth to stifle a snort before she looks away as if to deny any responsibility for her son’s questionable ethics. As she’s trying to gather herself together, Kuno focuses on Damian again.
“But what if a pokemon does understand the laws an’ stuff? Like... I mean, I don’t think I’m too dumb like a lotta humans might think. I know lotsa pokemon who can’t talk like I can and still understand a lot of complicated things even I can’t! But then again...” He sighs, withdrawing his paws from the side of Damian’s head. “I just don’t want to worry about laws, especially if they get in the way of surviving. Being a human all the time sounds like too much trouble, I dunno how Mama does it!”
Svet is still struggling not to giggle, but finally manages to speak up.
“It has its upsides, I’m sure. Somewhere... probably. Humans get to own fancy houses and fun machines and whatnot, that has to count for something. And all the different kinds of foods? I’d take even a poorly made potato gratin over berries any day!”
Kuno practically vibrates with excitement as he nods in agreement, starting to paw at Damian again before talking.