<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">When Jackie told her Torchic that Davey and Kraken had won, both pokémon looked a little confused.  Davey walked up to his Tentacool and gave the water type pokemon a soft hug and his praise for a job well done.  "There's more to life than making your opponents faint, Kraken,"  Davey said.  "Good sportsmanship sometimes means we show 'mercy'.  I know that there will be other times when we'll battle to the very end.  I think you've earned the Torchic's respect, so maybe you two can be friends now?"<br/>
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Kraken looked at Davey as if it wanted to ask a question, but then it's eyes gave a satisfied squint and it said in a seemingly happy tone, "Tenta-cool!"  It turned to the Torchic and said "Tenta-cool" in  a different tone and gave it's competitor a bow, as if to say '<i>Well fought!</i>'<br/>
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Davey then smiled and returned Kraken to his pokeball, so the water type pokémon wouldn't become dehydrated.<br/>
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Then he looked at Jackie's Torchic and said.  "Good fight, Torchic!  I think we fought hard too, but we were just a little luckier is all!"  He gave the little fire type pokémon a smile, hoping that it wouldn't hold a grudge and that it might approve of him, now. <br/>
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As the winner of the battle, Davey would have been within his rights to demand a prize from Jackie, since this time she was the loser.  His heart wasn't into taking her money.  He briefly thought about asking for a kiss, since she was a pretty girl, but they'd only just met and he didn't want her to think he was some sex-addicted-perv.  Maybe they could travel together?  Weren't Pokémon Journeys kind of supposed to be about friendship or was he buying into the romanticism of old Pokémon novels and television shows? <i> If I don't ask her to travel with us</i>, he thought, <i>I might not find out if the stories are true, or not</i>...<br/>
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From his backpack, Davey pulled out a potion and held it out for Jackie to take, if she wanted it.  He said, "Hey, Jackie, I think Kraken will get his stamina back after a good overnight rest.  I have a spare potion, if you think your Torchic could use a little <i>pick-me-up</i>.  The day's not quite over and he might want a little extra stamina back."  He paused and then asked, "Maybe we can camp and travel together?  Like, look out for each other in case of the unexpected."<br/>
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One of Davey's many inner voices was screaming at him to '<i>ask for the kiss, damn it</i>!'</span></span>