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There was a moment of silence as Uxie considered what Basil was asking. The legendary Pokémon tilted its head somewhat forward, and Anise looked between them, seemingly holding her breath.

Then, Uxie ope

osed its eyes. The eyelids definitely were open a moment ago, but Basil had no memory of it. He did have new memories, however, that he didn’t have before.

For one, he’s not in a rush. The people down there in the building were trying to get something from the girl, but they were working with a mistaken assumption. They would not make progress anytime soon, so if Basil wanted to, he could take his time and train to become stronger, until the day when he would so feel ready to take it on.

For the second. Simply progressing his journey would be plenty in order to grow stronger. To grow in levels, challenge strong opponents, learn new moves… it would all help in simply growing stronger. Most people didn’t get strong enough Pokémon to challenge the Pokémon League, simply reaching that strength would put him above most common bad guys as well.

But, there is one more thing he can do. Other than getting experience through battle, they could also train specifically to get stronger. One can get better at deflecting attacks, or dodging under an incoming blow. There is more a Pokémon can do than simply their moves. Many Gym Leaders have practice doing this, where their strongest Pokémon are able to battle on their own if so needed, because they’ve trained to be creative during battle and have the experience to do so. A more experienced human should be able to teach Basil how to do so.

Or, if he wanted a more experienced Pokémon, then there was another option. Four different locations were recorded in Basil’s memory. A hidden cavern in Gold Cave. A dangerous section in Unforgiving Cavern. A glade in Sparse Forest, located west of Route 19, south of Route 18 and south-east of Cycling Outpost. A pond in South Silent Forest, west of Highhill Town. In each of these locations was a skilled Pokémon, who might assist his Pokémon, to train them in ways beyond what humans could.

This was Uxie’s answer.