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This dude here is more than a bro to me.
>Nuzlocking Soul Silver
>Caught him as a spearow early on, my first catch, named him Brutus
>Pretty useful in the beginning, but as my journey progressed, he started to feel like a burden, other comrades were better than him in almost every situation
>I didn't have guts to drop him out though, he was my first catch after all
>Eventually reach the Champion
>Lance is down to his last Dragonite
>I had only my starter (Feraligatr, level 45) and half-dead, paralyzed Brutus level 44, left.
>Dragon rush crits my Feraligatr
>It's all over. No hope
>I sent out my Brutus, knowing that he wouldn't have any chance
>I fucked around with the d-pad when choosing my final move, my choice wouldn't matter because the dragonite would outspeed anyways
>Randomly press A
>Dragonite used Blizzard!
>Dragonite's attack missed!
>Brutus used Mirror Move!
>Brutus used Blizzard!
>a Critical Hit!
>Dragonite fainted
>Champion Lance has been defeated
Took me a while to understand what the fuck just happened, but when I realized that this friend, this companion had just saved my ass from defeat, I was pretty damn close to shed a tear. How could I think of him as a burden ;_;