Huh? Oh, that's alright. [Not blunt at all! It's a perfectly legitimate question, really. And there doesn't seem to be any harm in telling Falkner.] It's an ability I got as one of the trainers of the Viridian Forest. Somehow I'm able to faintly hear the thoughts of Pokémon, as well as their emotions. So that's how I knew what Dody was saying without him actually speaking or moving.