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[When the feed starts up, it's upside-down, but there's a clear shot of a very angry Riku standing next to a large pile of exhausted Pokémon including a very large Charizard, Feraligatr, Nidoking, Scizor, Lucario, and a Rotom, which manages to float over to the Gear and slowly lift it up.

Riku, however, looks less than impressed.]

Get back up! You can't just sit there.

[The Pokémon groan and shift a little, but alas, they're just too exhausted to keep going.]

C'mon. You're going to keep fighting, you got that? I don't care how tired you are.

[There's a sad sounding vrrrrrm from Surge, who hovers over to Riku.]

See? If Surge can do it, so can--

[Aaaand then the Gear falls. Looks like even Surge didn't have the energy to keep going.]

Can't believe this...

[After a moment, he scoops up the Gear and shuts it off. Those in Olivine are free to see this unpleasant display. A little while after his defeat, Riku's going to be working his team incredibly hard, putting them up against each other.

Someone's a sore loser, to say the least.]

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So you're saying I should expect defeat from the get-go and work around it?

No. Then you have a defeatist attitude. That helps nothing.

Stay in the moment. Do not plan too far ahead.

So go in without any expectations. Guess that makes sense.

Worked for me.

[There's a pause.]

... Expectations can be your downfall. You expect to trust someone... and then find out you were wrong? Ends badly.

You've got a point. Get too hyped up about something, and if it doesn't work out, it just makes things worse.

... Yeah. A lot worse.

You got experience with that?

[Riku's just guessing from his tone.]

... Maybe. Is it important?

If it's personal, I won't pry.

[He shrugs.]

Yeah. It is.

[Just a little.]

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