Well, I decided that if I don't use the TMs, then they'll just sit in my backpack and take up space. I'll put thought into who gets what, and I'll train one at a time, but all-in-all, I think it'd be fun to see what sort of moves my Pokemon could learn with a little extra training and these devices.

So I taught Royal Pluck. Well, in the process of teaching it to him. Apparently, the TMs only help them to unlock the knowledge of how to access the attacks. I need to go through the process of refining it to use it in battle. I can't just fill his head with knowledge of a move and expect him to do wonders with it. It takes training.

But I'm also training Cole. He's good, but he could be better at avoiding attacks. However, me and my brilliance (sorry, a phrase I picked up from my dad) have come up with a strategy for this.

I took several berries, tied them to several strings, and tied the strings to several places on Cole's body. No, not there. But pretty much everywhere else. It was Royal's job to use his new move to accurately target the berries on Cole, training the pin-point accuracy the move would need. It was Cole's duty to defend those spots, increasing his defensive capabilities and further strengthening his resistance to flying-type weakness he has.

I'm watching it take place with a pretty good deal of success from both sides. Cole has taken several juicy losses to his limbs, but his chest and back have been very well defended so far. Sarah is cheering them both on, sending electrical pulses to her tail and flashing it out in tandem with every one of Roy's hits. It made me think about teaching her Flash the next time we had to explore a dark cave.

It couldn't hurt!