[She shrugs, switching from looking unimpressed to more amicable.]

It's okay. I'm not good at making friends, either.

[May as well attempt at not being a brat for two seconds since he's a fellow "bad guy"... And an awkward one at that.]

It's not so hard to do both of those, anyway. A lot of pokemon seem to like fighting. But for Booger Bat, she really liked candy, so I gave her that and encouraged her a bunch. You let 'em know they can do anything and eventually they can! Doesn't hurt to snuggle them every once in a while, either.