He picked up his first pokeball he'd ever used and looked up. "Hey I'm Max, you too."
then to the ball he whispers "come on, don't fail me now" as he started getting angry over the smirk and the way he was talking to him.
as soon as he had talked to the ball a Giant Gyarados filled the room. He didn't expect to win, but if he did lose he wanted to lose fighting hard.