Bulba was probably more surprised that Marie hadn't already been drooling. They went pretty far back, after all.

He frowned just a little. "I'm only treating them the way they treat me," he replied with a slight shrug. Had it been someone from his own team, this conversation might have had the Ivysaur on edge. As it was now, he was actually pretty relaxed about it. He was a bit more confused than anything else.

"Sorry if that's not enough mudslinging for you."