Gordon was really insistent on the Pokemon battling, wasn't he? Connor looked to the fallen Pidgey, and sure enough, it looked like it was going to live. But that didn't really satiate Connor's concern any.

With a furrow of his brow, anger not directed at Gordon persay but firmness was definitely there regardless, he regarded to Gordon again.

"Yet, as a human trainer, you are commanding them to harm another," he said, again, not as accusatory to Gordon as the concept itself.