He's another Growlithe, named Sirius, and he's the partner of a friend of mine. We were in Violet together before those missing three days.

[Aaand this is where he seems to lose just a tiny bit of that previous energy. His reasons for keeping Pip with his mother tied in greatly with his own experiences about parents, so thinking about it, especially with Christmas so near, was still a bit painful.]

I think that would be a good idea..