[@NeoAJ] 

ok so I just read your post and I straight up love it. Just the sheer fact that Oak is actually senile at some level, or just really really good at convincing people of it made me laugh harder than it should, reminds me of the "cranberries" old man voice the game grumps keep doing for literally every old man character. 

"Do you have a Ditto and an Articuno you could trade for, buh... this chair I found?"