Benji is scared out of his mind and borderline catatonic for nearly the first week he finds himself in the Pokemon world. It takes him several days - and the gentle coaxing of Finn's parents - to slowly accept that what is happening is real, and that he isn't experiencing some sort of psychotic break. He doesn't even know what a Pokemon is, so he has almost no frame of reference to start from.

It takes him even longer to adjust to his new form. Going from six feet tall to barely a foot is disorienting enough, but there's also the matter of the shorter, stubbier legs, the lack of thumbs, the hyper-sensitive, moveable ears that can hear a pin drop from a football field away, and feeling like you're wearing a whole body sweater that you can never take off. Oh, and he has a tail now.

His nose won't stop twitching. Normally, he doesn't notice it, but when he does it's all he can think about and it drives him crazy. Why does he feel compelled to keep one ear curled up at all times? He tried to keep them both unfurled for a whole day once, but the longer he did, the more nervous and anxious he became. He didn't even make it half an hour at most. Something about self-defense, Latte had mentioned.

Almost everything and everyone around him is bigger and stronger than he is, even the other "small" Pokemon. Some latent instinct in the back of his mind constantly screams at him to run and hide, and it takes him a considerable amount of time to learn how to silence it.

Suffice to say, the poor guy has a very rocky start.