[Jimmy winces, but he looks away quickly in the hopes that Molly doesn't notice the shift in his expression. He and Shaun didn't talk enough for him to know exactly what his life was like. He responds, slowly.]
...I don't know. I don't think I can answer that.
[If he had been talking to Molly when he first got here, he would have blindly assured her that everything was going to be fine. But he's lived in Johto long enough to know that things happen that you just...can't control. And he doesn't want to give her false hope. He knows she's smarter than that.]
That doesn't mean something bad will happen, though.
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...I don't know. I don't think I can answer that.
[If he had been talking to Molly when he first got here, he would have blindly assured her that everything was going to be fine. But he's lived in Johto long enough to know that things happen that you just...can't control. And he doesn't want to give her false hope. He knows she's smarter than that.]
That doesn't mean something bad will happen, though.