Or maybe he thought you had an army of mutated sunflowers. :D
That and I have a lot of other interests too.
Hmm, I wonder what would happen if Megas needed to build up in the main series too, that'd nerf them a lot. In PMD however, it might actually make sense to do so, but I'm not sure how it will be done in Super Mystery Dungeon.
You can simply be lazy and have some random guy say "Sorry, but the road's closed now." like they did in Sinnoh, boring, but it works.
That sounds interesting, I always love to hear more about the characters' history. That's what I love in the manga, the Gym Leaders actually get a personality.