At hearing the word close they just snuggled up against the trainer again. They didn’t understand most of that first bit but it sounded nice.
‘Speecies?’
“Here’s my heart.”
The former champion carefully held the little Pokemon up to listen to her heartbeat to demonstrate what it sounded like.

“It’s hard to explain in small words… It has to do with general appearance. Remember Triton? His species is Vaporeon.”