Sophie's getting a stunky! She's gonna run into some shitheel trying to make a quick buck off a pokemon they don't want anymore. Sophie is gonna be suspicious of him trying to cut a deal, and basically intimidates him into admitting he's sick of looking after the thing and just wants to get rid of it.

(As a kid Sophie was punted off to The Worst Boarding School Imaginable, so she's gonna take this a bit personally and just. Take it.)

Subsequently her lil guy is gonna be really affectionate towards her and she's not??? 100% sure how to deal with that??? So she'll probably be needing advice on how exactly to Care For another living being given that she has next to no experience with regular pets, much less ones with more substantial and involved emotional needs.