<b>Advice to Naomi</b><br/><br/><b><span style="color: Teal">"I'm not sure how well I can answer this, but when me and Tyrogue train, we seek to perfect our techniques, one by one. Before I put him up against wild Pokemon, I made sure he got the best outcomes with every technique he knows. This means months of repetitive practice against mannequins... and myself if need be. We make sure we know both know what we mean when we perform a technique and we make sure that we do it exactly as we did it the hundreds or thousands of times before, and we always believe it will work, even if it doesn't. That or it might just be his fighting spirit, something that was also in his biological father.<br/>
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When you "try something," you don't necessarily know if it will work. The bolstered confidence that comes form knowing what you do will work makes it much easier to perform you know? I'm not saying you should go out and beat up or get beaten up by Tai, but have him practice his techniques in an environment where he won't be distracted by the consequences."</span></b><br/><br/>-------------------------------<br/><br/><b>Camp Scene</b><br/><br/>As the night drew in and the trainers camped out Steven was sleeping peacefully, face up, and hands holding the back of his head. No mat, no bag, nothing but the ground for him. The sound of thunder woke him up, signalling him for the need to get to cover under one of the trees in order to avoid the rain. But it wasn't a rainstorm he was supposed to be anticipating for.<br/><br/>High up on the cliff above the campers, various patterns had taken place, almost indicating a sign of the apocalypse. Steven had gotten up to watch in curiosity, but had to back off with the rocks falling around him, keeping his arms crossed in front of his face to cover it. And then there was the boulder that came rolling down the cliff. He never thought he'd run faster in his life, but in haste to outrun the boulder, he would go past Eleyna and Naomi as they took cover in their hole.<br/><br/>He was definitely happy Tyrogue wanted to sleep in his Pokeball for the night.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>