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It's all friends, pokémon and food inside that little, smooth brain.
The rest is not allowed. He can state after spending a thousand seconds with that guy.
Ash is annoying, also. The way he smiles more often than anything, like life is his favorite piece of cake.
In a world where climate change is causing so many problems, where mad scientists spend most part of their experimenting combinations of human and pokémon deoxyribonucleic acid, the raven haired kid cannot stop showing a bright mood.
Very unpleasant. Even after the Galar crisis, it seems like he is totally fine, sleeping, eating, playing.
Until he is not. Goh realized, after some time, the way Ash is always zoning out, thinking about something his friend will never know.
That was the time, after months of friendship, the blue eyed boy realized how the trainer is constantly impacted by every occurrence.
After that, Goh has decided to protect him, from the world and himself.
After all, pretending to be fine all the time is never healthy (according to his therapist)