<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The taller man, Jason, seemed to sense Davey's reaction to him, as he stared back at Davey with a fire in his eyes.  Davey met Jason's gaze and would have engaged in a 'stare-down' but the new guy turned away.  Davey considered it as having won a point against his new 'rival'.  Good!<br/>
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Davey briefly considered challenging Jason straight away to a pokémon battle, but the others might think that Davey was feeling threatened by Jason's arrival.  If the other hung around for any length of time, asking for a match would seem more natural and less of a bid to set himself up as an 'alpha' in the group.  In Davey's past, he would never have considered himself alpha material but the little time that he had spent alone with Jackie had made him want her.<br/>
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Still, Davey was feeling uncomfortable with his desire to prove himself worthy and how his muscles seemed so tightened.  Now he momentarily turned away from the group, closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself.  Then he opened his eyes and made himself smile a pleasant smile.  <br/>
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Jackie still hadn't answered Davey's question about preparing another Oran Berry.<br/>
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"Are yall new trainers?" asked Jason, with some kind of provincial and foreign accent.  Was Jason now making a bid for dominance or was this an innocent question?  It would become obvious if they battled that Davey was a new trainer.  Davey's answer to the question was to look Jason in the eye and give him a brief and confident nod in the affirmative.  He might be a new trainer, but he wasn't going to 'roll over' and play dead because someone else liked Jackie.</span></span>