Yes, that's true. I'm lucky that all my relatively powerful Pokemon seem to be well behaved, so I have quite a few options to choose from.

Well, I'm glad to hear that. It's nice to see someone having good luck with new arrivals.

[...that was a bit bitter but]

Ah... well, we're old aristocracy, so it's... rather large and complicated, I suppose. We have quite the history as a family of mages-I could give you a brief summary, if you like?