centiskorch: you know how, like. (hang on allow me to preface this by saying that i'm a reptile owner) (preface 2: I know centipedes are not reptiles but this is the most accessible example of this animal behavior i can give) anyways you know how most reptiles are, like, not social creatures at all, but they can learn to trust certain people in captivity. like it's not the same kind of social bond you would get from a cat or a dog, but it's a swag beast that's experiencing something adjacent to love/trust towards him which is almost kind of cuter. it does hate everyone that's not kabu though
torkoal: sturdy and dense as hell and loves to stand directly in your path unmoving. i think it would be hard to tip over. And it eats lettuce like a madman.
arcanine: bigggg fluffy friendly doggy woggy that loves everyone and everything. Jumps up on people no matter how hard he tries to train it not to do that. goes through a can of tennis balls a week. drools
ninetales: more catlike than anything. a little solitary, likes to hang out on its own and sleep in sunbeams. it has a little cushion/dog bed by one of the windows that it likes to sit in and watch people walk by
salazzle: evolved it, read the pokedex entries, and quietly put it in his PC box. his salazzle cannot be out at the same time as mina's because they WILL fight