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It was after quite a few steps that Mordecai halted. "Nothing, Pa'ao?"

The drilbur wasn't certain how to respond, but Mordecai took his lack of response as a yes anyway. Summarily, he turned to the mankey.

"So!" Out came a pokeball. "I'd ask you not to resist this, but given the circumstances... I dunno. What do you think?"

That wasn't a command per se. Mordecai looked into the mankey's eyes.
There is a definite fire in the Mankey's eyes from his life in the wild, but the look you see is undoubtedly one of gratitude and admiration. Both he and you had seen the Pikachu ruthlessly put down every other Mankey he had been traveling with, and you had the guts and compassion to stand between him and it.

The Mankey lost all of his friends. You protected it when no one else could. It's ready to return the favor to you whenever. He looks at the pokeball, looks at you, and nods.