They're a lot of things. Cute, beautiful, strong, smart! I've known them for over 5 years now, but I've hurt them way more than humanly possible, and that's what scares me.
Apparently I'm still missing a badge, plus I've got a lot of work ahead of me for the other badges (completing the catalog, fish and bug encyclopedias, HHA, etc) so I gotta figure out where to start from there