<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Things seemed to be going well.  The pretty trainer girl introduced herself as Jackie and they should hands.  She had a solid grip and didn't try to prove anything by trying to crush his hand.  Her Torchic, however was a little aggressive and maybe didn't think that Davey was 'good enough' to be socializing with his trainer.  Jackie proposed a battle, so her pokemon could let out some of his feistyness.<br/>
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Davey knew that their first battle would come eventually and, while concerned for his Tentacool, he found himself strangely eager.  "Okay," he said with a smile and stepped back to what he hoped was a safe distance.  "I've only got one pokemon, so there isn't really any strategy in my choice."<br/>
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Pulling out the only pokeball that was occupied with a pokemon, Davey threw it into the battle zone and shouted, "Kraken!  It's time to battle!"<br/>
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The Tentacool materialized and said to the Torchic, "Tenta-cool".  Maybe Davey imagined the tone, but it almost sounded to his ears like, '<i>Come at me, Bro!</i>'  Davey, however, was still concerned as he planned his strategy.  When the battle began, he wanted to start with the '<i>Supersonic</i>' move.  If he was lucky, the Torchic would become '<i>Confused</i>'.  <i>IF</i> that worked then they'd whittle it down with '<i>Poison Sting</i>'....</span></span>