<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">After Jason pulled a broken twig from Jackie's closed fist, Davey stepped forward, shifted to hold Xena in one arm and took his turn.  He figured that the odds of him being paired with Jackie were roughly the same, but with only two twigs remaining, either they matched or they didn't and Davey didn't have to go nuts trying to guess which one was the one that would match hers....  <br/>
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He considered trying to break his twig if Jackie drew a short one, but then he remembered that she knew how long all of the twigs were and if he didn't get it right that it would be obvious what he had been trying to do.  Besides, that would be cheating and there would be no way to deny it if anyone called him out for it, so he didn't.  Sometimes it was hard to be good in the face of temptation and Davey was, but that didn't mean that temptation didn't happen.<br/>
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Listening to the others talk, Davey also knew that he'd need one or two more pokémon and train up his team before trying to earn the Fire Gym badge in Gloucester City.</span></span>