Lasair had been listening partially to the two trainers conversations hearing that one had been a breeder made him remember the favour that his friend Blaine had done for him giving him an egg that had come from his Growlithe so that he would always to personally remember him by during his journey. So rather than just to be sitting around alone he decided to have a little bit of interactions before departing the ship. ** I don't mean to be an eavesdropper but I overheard you talking about being a breeder, my Growlithe had just hatched from an egg recently. It took so long that I never thought that I would get to see him. Since he just hatched would that be a possible reason that he is scared of Thunder? **  

The truth was that the egg that Lasair had containing his Growlithe had just hatched right before he got on SS Tidal Wave to start this leg of his journey, which was why he thought that it might just be a phase that he is afraid of thunder but since he was near a breeder that he would take a moment to pick his brain, in case he ever wanted to be Growlithe against a thun..der type Pokemon.