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>He was not sore about his performance even though he didn’t think it could be replicated. Pokemon Trainers earn money by competing in official tournaments. He placed second in the Hastings Cup and was awarded a small pittance. At the time it felt really good, as he did not expect to make it to the Top 16.
His team consisted of only three Pokemon; Venomoth, Pichu, and Quilava.
>His team was small because, until recently, he could not afford to feed more than three Pokemon. At least that’s what he told himself. In reality, he could not afford to feed more than two. He became lean caring after Pichu. He had great cholesterol.
>Pichu tried to reward him for his affection with a move called Volt Tackle. But the recoil was severe and it disturbed him, so he told Pichu not to use that move and opted for Sweet Kiss instead. Pichu was a natural charmer, and this played to its strengths better.
>The backbone of his team was Venomoth. He was confident Venomoth was the reason he placed second in the Hastings Cup. Venomoth was the only reason he had even entered. But Venomoth was coming up to the end of its natural life span. He could tell by the way it flitted around. It had become sluggish and slow. He didn’t want it to fight another battle. Without access to Venomoth’s Psybeam, his team was severely diminished.
>When he thought about things like that, he also thought about his Quilava and how it would it have to hold the line until he could get another strong Pokemon with a diet within his budget and how long that would take and how Quilava would eventually be so beaten down from carrying too much weight that it too would die and he would have to retire because Pichu wasn’t a fighter and someone would steal his Pichu and then he would be left alone. He found these thoughts disagreeable, so he pushed them away whenever they came up, but the more he pushed them away the more often they came up.
He could not outpace them.
