It was not quite my intention at first. I merely let it out of its pokéball near an open door, and it chose not to move. For three hours and a half.

[He seriously thought the poor thing had died or fallen asleep, by the end of it.]

Exactly, and luckily they are not easily removed. Some wild Zigzagoon proved that by trying... for three hours and a half.

[As a matter of fact, 'dead' was slowly becoming the most probable option.]