Clearly, hitting the stone with his head was a bad idea, as 'Tai shook his head from the failed tackle attempt. Watching Makka made it clear the Machoke expected him to use his tail, whipping it around.<br/><br/>So 'Tai proceeded to do that. Aware now of his bias, he made a deliberate effort to swing from his left as well as his right. He aimed and struck at the smooth side of the stone, over and over again. Rather than attempting to break the rock, as Makka's strike might have done with a little more force, 'Tai attempted to move the stone, to shake it with each blow.<br/><br/>The effort demonstrated to him how tough and resilient he actually was, beating on the stone not hurting or bruising nearly as much as he'd thought it might.<br/><br/>Naomi, meanwhile, had set out a collapsible table and field chair, and was deeply involved in fixing Eleyna's pokedex. She was focused, oblivious to anything beyond her work.<br/><br/>The damage to the old pokedex was extensive, but hadn't touched the core processing board or the memory. The delicate, fine-wire connectors for the screen and camera/scanner were broken inside, unable to properly carry signals. The speaker drums were torn. Just about everything in the upper half had damage, and the hinge was irreparable. Whatever had hit the device had done most of its damage to the upper half and its components.<br/><br/>Rather than try to fix the old case, Naomi made the decision to transfer the guts of the device to a simpler, solid, compact one-piece design. She'd plucked it out of the spare parts that she carried with her. The old device had the advantage of being easy to repair and modify, so that's what she did. Adding memory, changing out the old camera and scanner for a more compact replacement, replacing the screen and speakers, changing out the old battery for a more efficient, compact version. Updating the operating software was the most time consuming part of the entire process, followed by the data integrity check and backup. It cut into her spare parts supplies, sure, but seeing how Eleyna had reacted when she thought she'd lost it... it was worth the effort.<br/><br/>It wouldn't be Eleyna's old pokedex, but it would have everything the old one had, just more efficient. And tougher. Not that she could install any of the really new stuff, just replace and integrate modern hardware peripherals for the older ones.<br/><br/>The other Pokedex they'd recovered, which may have belonged to the rescued trainer, now that was shot. It was almost like something heavy had stepped on it and twisted its foot. The chips themselves were intact, but the circuitboard was cracked. Not even talking about the rest of it. Naomi would count herself very lucky if she could just retrieve the data. The device itself would never be functional again.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>