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"Like how do you suppose that I fly?" Pikachu asked Jigglypuff, who was preparing to push him off the roof.
"Easy," shrugged Jigglypuff. "Just flap your arms. Flappy flappy flappy." She sat down and turned to Pikachu, staring into his eyes enough to make him recoil. "You've seen birds, right?"
Pikachu arched his eye. "Yeah? I guess." He pursed his lips. "Like in the ol' factory or whatever." He sighed. "Of course, nothing like this..."
"This what?"
Pikachu went 'mmm'.... his eye bugged open. "Oh, that made no sense-uh, I meant, none like, me. You know, I really don't think I'm a bird."
Jigglypuff shook her head. "Of course you are-" she clamped her mouth shut. "Are. Yeah, like, when the birds flap, do you think they just do that by magic?"
Pikachu shrugged. "Ion know, maybe. I wasn't like, the scientist or anything."
Jigglypuff smirked. "Yeah, but I... I got a C in chemistry. A C+, actually. Yeah, I think that's an above average grade, right?" She scrunched her face. "Yeah, C's pretty average. I'd say I'm qualified enough to speak on that."
"Okay, fine," said Pikachu. He walked over to the castle, and jumped off the roof. He flapped his arms, and, well, he fell down. Down, down, down, down, down, down.
Down, down, down, down, down. Downtown. Down and around. Down and around town. And down, in the ground.
Jigglypuff guffawed so hard she spit out her retainer. "BAHAHAHAHAH-ew, gross."
Wait... she prodded her mouth, and frowned. "No retainer." She swept the castle roof. "Oh god. Oh god. F-My retainer. Pikachu?!" she screamed.
A weak groan came from the ground. "Huh?"
"Don't laugh, but my retainer... it flew away."
Pikachu didn't say anything. For 8 seconds. Then he laughed. Then stopped. "Oh, sorry."