Sonia and Goh in “Meeting Up with the Monarch!”

Sonia

I'll tell you. Leon didn't have many friends when he was small.

Really, why is that?

Sonia

He was probably too busy caring for his little brother [Hop] or doing chores which didn't leave him much time to play with his classmates. But I was his friend, so he saw me now and again. But one day, he befriended Charmander. And as he learned about Pokémon battles, suddenly friends, rivals, and all sorts of people surrounded him. I guess you could say that Pokémon truly expanded Leon's world!