After your eight encounters, you immediately went to Paldea in hopes of seeing normal Pokémon but, even in that region, there are a bunch of human-turned-Pokemon, especially the one who approaches you

"Hello there. Welcome to Paldea, hun."

A Pokémon who greeted you is Meowscarada, a bipedal, feline Grass/Dark-type Pokémon who had a job as a famous jester

"Wanna come with me, babe?"

Meowscarada asked, keep calling you babe, giving you some thoughts about why.