[...He is taking this topic and running with it. Woosh.]

Yep. Trainer school. You graduate around that age. They teach you everything you need to be a Pokémon trainer and survive. [Among... Other things that Silver doesn't really know, uh-]

Most people get their first Pokémon at a really young age, though. Gold grew up with Pokémon, but I'm pretty sure he got his own- his Ambipom- when he was younger than you. My big sis had her Wigglytuff by the time she was five.

Sneasel over here's been with me since I was a baby. I've never been without him.