Naomi listens intently, nodding at several points. It made sense. 'Go get badges' was shorthand said by experienced trainers and repeated by those who weren't really involved and didn't understand. Getting badges meant improving your ability to communicate and strategize while at the same time your team learned and applied new tactics.<br/><br/>Rookie trainer or no, Eleyna was clearly prepared once someone showed her the way. And it was true. Naomi looked over at 'Tai. He was happier, not so anxious as he had been before. Makka had done them both a great favor. More than one, really. He'd known his way around her body the evening of that festival...<br/><br/>So Eleyna was right. She should trust in 'Tai, trust that he wanted to get stronger, to fight, for whatever reasons he had. She was about to speak, but Eleyna's question at the end managed to renew Naomi's blush. "Uh, n-no, he's not the jealous type, actually. He, uh, he keeps trying to matchmake. Like that day out on the lake, 'Tai insisted I not wear panties that morning. It wasn't intentional that I was sitting opposite of Jake the whole time he was rowing across to the grotto! If it hadn't been for that Gyarados, and the Slowpoke, who knows what that evening would've turned out like. I, uh, I think he likes seeing me with others. Which reminds me!"<br/><br/>Naomi turns and digs in her pack again, coming up with a curious little charm, last seen in the festival. "Did you pick one of these up? I noticed you had one when they were gathering up your stuff after the fall, but I don't remember tucking this one away. I think they're for, uh, seeking companionship. I have my suspicions about how it got in there."<br/><br/>Meanwhile, 'Tai and Somnificent had drifted over to Eleyna's trio and joined the conversation there, occasionally one or the other would sneak glances over at the naked trainer. At the same time, the Tentacruel seemed to be utterly fascinated and stunned into near senselessness by the sight of Naomi moving and occasionally bending over.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>