As his new enemy flew toward him with tremendous speed, he led on her with a hidden attack, a sucker punch, when she suddenly stopped to inspect him and jumped back for a moment and spoke.
Jake slowly discharged his attack and lay his paw on the ground with an intense stare, feeling he'd just made a goof. He began to scan the room for the fastest escape...
"Quick to talk, huh?... I thought you were just gonna beat me up and all, and now look at this..."
There was a short pause
"I'll come clean, this wonder badge? I barely use it. I'm a traveler you see... Not really a rouge, these 2 aren't under my leadership. Now this "Verdance" badge? You don't mean to tell me that big castle were I was trying to get a bed and some dinner was "verdance", right? I took this badge really as a symbol of my travels, I didn't know that castle was... The... Verdance castle miss... Now you're probably gonna kill me, and you're probably mad..."
He set up in a sprint stance...
"... But I'm not gonna let you lay a finger on me!"
He grabbed Jory, and called after the mudkip they were with, a sprinted down a split in the brush, sincerely hoping Lamina wouldn't catch up. He needed some time to recover, and maybe even escape.