Well, I guess that'd be a side effect of growing up around them.

[She leans back, casually rolling her shoulders a bit and turning to the east, and the industrial district.]

My family didn't keep many. Just my father's Honedge, and the Poliwag that I bonded when I was about eighteen. Gouken...was a friend, but we only bonded around then too. Honestly, I'm almost jealous, my connection isn't nearly so strong. And I'm still learning a lot.