I see. Then compare my answer to theirs, and let us see if together they can explain us better to you.
The life of a wild Pokemon is not one of freedom. It is one of fear. I spent every day I lived as an Abra either asleep, or desperately trying to hone my psychic skills so as to be able to survive during my long sleeps. Nearly all wild Pokemon have predators. Most of those that do not are the predators, and they struggle every day to find food. Imagine this life, for a moment. Imagine living every day not knowing if it will be your last. And remember that in order to grow in strength, so that you might fight off or escape our predators, our only option is to battle other Pokemon and win. What if we lose? Or what if we win, but are left too weak to fight again?
Think on this. Why is it that you find the weakest Pokemon clustered around the towns where the trainers start? Why do low-level Pidgey, Rattata, and their ilk flock there? It is because those places house their only hope for a better life. You say the trainers use their Pokemon to fulfill their wishes? Then surely to us, the trainers must be wish-granters themselves.
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The life of a wild Pokemon is not one of freedom. It is one of fear. I spent every day I lived as an Abra either asleep, or desperately trying to hone my psychic skills so as to be able to survive during my long sleeps. Nearly all wild Pokemon have predators. Most of those that do not are the predators, and they struggle every day to find food. Imagine this life, for a moment. Imagine living every day not knowing if it will be your last. And remember that in order to grow in strength, so that you might fight off or escape our predators, our only option is to battle other Pokemon and win. What if we lose? Or what if we win, but are left too weak to fight again?
Think on this. Why is it that you find the weakest Pokemon clustered around the towns where the trainers start? Why do low-level Pidgey, Rattata, and their ilk flock there? It is because those places house their only hope for a better life. You say the trainers use their Pokemon to fulfill their wishes? Then surely to us, the trainers must be wish-granters themselves.