Oh, that's totally my fault--I haven't looked at the first post in ages (I've been keeping my team info in the word file I use to write my posts). ::is now edumacated::
I have to admit, I was torn between catching the Gligar to retrade--that's why I made it a cowering runt--and keeping it (I looked up Gligar around the net, and found a clip on Youtube of Ash's own Gligar, which was awesome). Future use of that move totally clinches it O_O. So either Runt has hidden depths, or maybe he'll just be the "pulls it out in a pinch" type... I'll have to see.
By the way, if it's not too melodramatic for you, or otherwise interferes with whatever Special Event you have planned (::fidgets arrrrgh::), is it okay for Mackie to wake up in Eterna's hospital? I had the general idea that he gets back to the path and another traveler find him and he gets help on to the city, which he mostly won't remember due to being all sick (and thus in the end learning a little patience instead of constant uber-focus to the detriment of his health and safety). This might not work if your event is time-sensitive, though, so in that case, he could just get there under his own power and have beaten the infection on his own by the time he gets himself to a doctor.