...No, I don't suppose it's quite the same. [Okay, he can speak a little more honestly.] While it's true that I've fought against some rather unsavory or difficult opponents a few times before in my life, I think fighting in a situation like this is something of an unfamiliar taste for me.

[Or rather, and maybe it's just him, but his experiences with fighting Team Rocket or Tornelos somehow feels like they're on a slightly different level than this--at the end of the day, Team Rocket blasts off or the Pokemon manages to calm down and all is right again. And then when you look back on it later, it's a memory of interest, not a particularly painful one. Here, though...Cilan gets the feeling that looking back on this later would dredge up unpleasant tastes rather than interesting ones.]