[ To be entrusted would that would imply... what? Zelda hums a little and, ]

Even so, from all of the people we have seen and met so far, to have been selected for that task, ... Well, over the gym leaders, it does imply a great deal of talent to have been so entrusted.

[ It's unethical, of course. But maybe it was also the girl's destiny...? Zelda doesn't necessarily rationalize one way or another, but even if she can't shake the niggle of why wouldn't Cynthia handle it personally, that this girl was entrusted implies she was/is something special . . . right? ]