[And in a terrible way, it's actually making him slightly more amenable to her, because damn right little girls should be deferential to their much classier male elders.]

Ah. That's rather unsurprising, considering you mentioned you're trained in first aid; Audino are traditionally considered to be natural caretakers. Many of the nurses at the Pokemon centers here have one.

That said, that's a Normal-type, which comes with the benefit of being able to learn a wide variety of more specialized moves, once you have the ability to teach them to it. You'll want to branch out into something slightly more type-specialized sooner or later, though; most Pokemon have natural resistances that can be advantageous if deployed strategically.