"[i]Sending Smaug into battle with Veronica's father is a bad idea,[/i]" stated Saisei after reading the debate in Liam's mind, "[i]Remember the incident with his mother.[/i]"  Shiranui was also curious about what Pokémon they could be up against whilst also thinking about training Veronica in the ways of a [i]kunoichi[/i].