Again the excitement crescendoed higher at the thought of a battle. Vulcan must have picked up on her excitement as well because she could feel him shaking from the force of it on her shoulder. She scratched his ear in an attempt to get Vulcan to calm down. Being excited was all fine and dandy, but she remembered hearing from somewhere that too much could be a distraction, or maybe she was just making things up. Either way, they would figure it out together. 

What she could allow herself to get excited for and not have to worry about, was getting excited about showing pictures. Who didn't like to share or show off pictures from time to time? She eagerly looked at Rex's pictures of his mother. Her and her partner looked so happy together. That's what Sam wanted to look like one day too.

"That's great, Rex," she told him. "My mom wasn't a trainer, but she was a Rhyhorn racer."