[Rideaux's in the middle of really laying it into the poor Deino (who is still doing its best to try to snap back, but Slasher is holding it well) when he freezes at the sound of another voice.

Just Kato's tone is enough to worsen the scowl on his face, but he does what he can to hide it when he actually faces the other doctor. Both Pokemon momentarily face Kato as well, the Deino immediately trying to struggle against Slasher's grip to go for the latest noise to come up.]

As much as I am loath to admit, yes. This...this thing refuses to listen to a word I say, and only seems to know to bite whatever it senses.

[His gaze briefly flicks to his slightly limp hand as he says that-he really needs to stop to patch that up soon.]

As I'm sure you can tell, it's quite frustrating.