"Your kindness is appreciated, but unnecessary. I am bound to this cycle by choice, not fate. The noose is as much a part of me as these spikes." It gently brushes aside an offered hand with a spike-covered appendage. Upon witnessing a fight between two Pokémon trainers, Spiketherium sighs heavily. "Must all battles end in pain and defeat? There is strength in unity, not just in the dominance of one over another." "The whispers of the ancients speak through me, but their words are not for the faint of heart. Proceed with caution, for knowledge is a double-edged sword that may cut you deeper than any of my spikes." It offers guidance, but only to those who dare to listen.