That's definitely a must. You can't just throw rookies into combat and hope they'll just be lucky enough to figure out how to be a team.
Money is a good incentive. TMs or Pokémon themselves could be another option. It depends on what your end goal is. Rockets steal Pokémon, don't they? What if we stole them back? [Finders-keepers.]
Maka? Never heard of her. No, wait --
[A few minutes later, she texts an addition:] She bought a Ponyta off me last April. That's all I know.
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Money is a good incentive. TMs or Pokémon themselves could be another option. It depends on what your end goal is. Rockets steal Pokémon, don't they? What if we stole them back? [Finders-keepers.]
Maka? Never heard of her. No, wait --
[A few minutes later, she texts an addition:] She bought a Ponyta off me last April. That's all I know.