I don't understand why they're so important either. If you're a breeder you don't need a badge to use Fly, so I don't know why you do if you're a trainer.

What's "baseball season"? [He wonders if this means that some worlds have seasons other than spring, summer, fall, and winter.]

I miss knowing how my food lived. I miss the stories the old sequoia told. I miss there not being music all the time. [Seriously, that music.]