Th-That's definitely not it!! He would have run away if that was the case... [She pauses, suddenly eyeing the ball worriedly.] ...right... [Hrnnnn... well, regardless of what's all going on here, Carly's attention moves to focus on Lambert and Pig for the moment, before she eagerly answers his likely hypothetical question.]

Oh!! It's sort of like how a magic bag works, I think? The ones that you can put more things in, even though they're really small...

A-Anyway, the balls are actually tiny little environments~! [Carly continues, nodding.] So right now, this cubone is in a beautiful paradise just for them...~

...Mnnh, probably the best one actually, this pokeball cost a lot more than the others...