I am honestly used to weird game mechanics! I just think of them like that. With the ledge thing, too, which also makes no real sense if you don't accept that "because" is also an acceptable answer from the universe at large.

[ Basically: YEP, SHIT IS CRAZY, but what can you do? ]

I see...I'm a breeder, myself. But I travel with a bunch of trainers, so I just take on gyms as we hit them anyway.