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“A professor?” Nate beamed at Bridget. “That’s awesome. I’ve never met a professor before. Back in Kanto, they ran a lot of radio and tv shows that had Professor Oak or one of his assistants, but most of the stuff they said went over my head.” He started to walk beside Bridget, directing Peat to start training. The way they trained was different from a standard trainer. It involved a lot of what Nate liked to call “shadow boxing”; he would have Peat follow beside him and practice the motions of his attacks against an invisible opponent. Scratch. Scratch. Growl. Dodge! Bubble. Bubble was notably the weakest and least coordinated of his moves, seeing as how Peat had only learned it the day before. “Does being an aspiring professor mean you know a lot about caring for Pokemon? Is there any advice you could give me with Peat? I make sure to brush and oil his fur every night, and I help him pick his teeth and claws clean too. What kinda stuff do you have to do for Artur?” Nate would pause sporadically throughout their conversation to shout a sudden command to Peat. A few times, this was to shout a surprise attack his invisible opponent was doing to catch him off guard. Most of the time it was to direct him to battle a nearby wild Pokemon.  A keen eye would notice that Nate was selective in his targets. He only had Peat battle Pokemon that were bigger and stronger than most of their species. He avoided anything that looked little, or skinny, and on a few occasions threw a bit of food to small families of Pokemon. He was cautious with Peat as well. After every battle Nate called him back to inspect him for injuries, and called him off any time he tried to chase a fleeing Pokemon. He stopped to watch Quinn in zir battle. He was grinning and pumping his fist by the time she won. “You did great! That was awesome!” Peat ran up and nudged Normandie with his nose and barked playfully. “Dibs on the next battle!” His face lit up when Quinn pointed toward the statue and declared their intent to catch a Pokemon. “Oh no ya don't! Not this time! I’ll come with you,” he said, pulling out his notebook and looking over the notes he had taken earlier. “That guy at the daycare said that was around where people had been reporting sightings of a strange Pokemon. You won’t beat me to the punch this time!” His expression and tone made it clear that he wasn’t harboring any harsh feelings about Normandie’s capture.  Nate and Peat, in typical fashion, charged ahead toward the statue and the swamp.

I liked it at the start over time started to wear a bit, 7/10

Its only about 3 minutes and 49 sec is that okay?