[Egon doesn't seem to react to the Ray comment. Or maybe he just chooses not to.]

Don't be ridiculous. The concept of gender did not exist at that point in time. [A pause.] Nor did apples. However, an interesting thing to note is that Giratina--the Pokémon analogous to Satan--supposedly lost its legs upon being banished to its current dimension. One could make a comparison to how the snake lost its legs after God punished it in the Garden of Eden.

[He falls quiet for a moment, still scritching the Meowth's head.]

Have you decided on a name for this cat?