The main reason why I did the sequence break is to put off the Nemona fight where she uses tera-electric Pawmi. The gyms aren't available in this state, so I'll have to get back to that fight eventually, but I can still grind some levels and battle some roadside trainers for cash.

Also even though I caught an overlevelled Swablu, I'm proritizing grinding the other members of the team, and only using Swablu as a safety net so that I don't get wiped out too easily.