"I don't know what kind of jobs there are in this - environment. I spent my entire life expecting the military and got it."

"I hope I don't cause any offense, but...it's sad to hear that a world as advanced as yours still has war. There hasn't been a serious interstate conflict in my lifetime, and many people thought we'd put it behind us forever."

"It's not at active war, but there remains a border that needs patrolling against spies and smugglers."

"Huh! Our customs enforcement is a separate organization from our military; the latter is mostly ceremonial, since nukes and high civilian Pokemon ownership rates are the real deterrents to invasion."

"I think linear borders are less complicated to monitor than three-dimensional ones between bodies in motion."

"Yeah, yikes, I'm sure it would be. What did a typical day at your job look like?"

"Drilling, ship maintenance, a rotation of chores like cooking and laundry."

"What tasks did you like the best? Which were you the best at?"

"I didn't really think of it that way, I was assigned my schedule and did my best to have a good attitude about all of the tasks."

"...did you ever think about what you would've done, if there weren't an enemy nation on your doorstep?"

"Not really."

"Hmmm...I think you might want to talk to a career counselor about what job would be best for you. They've got them at the high schools and colleges and homeless shelters, and they'll have aptitude tests you can take and so on.

The thing I can think of that's most similar to what you did is the coast guard? It's on the sea instead of in space, and there's more rescuing drowning people and less dealing with, uh, spies. Probably fewer smugglers too, our tariffs are low so there isn't much of a point.

They'd want a high school equivalent degree and eight Gym Badges—lots of jobs want those, and you can get them for free—but they'd also want you to take an oath of loyalty to the people and laws of Unova, which I imagine might be an issue for you if you've already served in another country's military."

"I don't know how to swim. I... would need to think about a loyalty oath."

"Adult swimming classes are a thing! You might wanna learn eventually in any case, even if you don't work on a boat it's a popular form of recreation and exercise during the summer."

"That makes sense. Ibyabek's waterways aren't really safe to swim in, there are various mineral issues."

"And you guys don't have chlorinated pools?"

"Perhaps someone does; my school didn't."

"Dang, that sucks. Well, I'm biased, I love swimming."

"I suppose I can find out if I do or not at some point."

"You can!"

"But in the event that I don't I suppose I should hold off on acquiring any Pokémon that require it regularly."

"You can be a Water-type trainer without getting in the water yourself, but I agree it's not the best match."

"How is it done, do they just stand on the shore?"

"Yeah! Or the edge of the pool, or they give their Pokemon lots of time in virtual reality."

"Magic seems to have quite substantially affected your tech development, which I suppose is unsurprising."