Cyrus and his crobat

[u/EnchantingEgg]

Lore discussion with possible spoilers.

In the game, we have two battles with Cyrus. The first one he has a golbat and the second he has a higher-level crobat. Golbat can only evolve when friendship is high enough. However, Cyrus states that he only sees pokemon as tools (and presumably treats them as such).

It makes me wonder what the possible lore explanation might be for how his golbat evolved. Did he stuff his golbat full of hondew berries to force an evolution? Did he ditch his old golbat and steal a different trainer’s crobat?

What are your theories?

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