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Brisa basked in the light a moment. This kind of sparring was its own kind of fun! "C'mon, Saltriv. Let's see yer shadows, now. Reach fer those hard feelings! What if I let you down, huh?" She gave them a moment before charging in again, this time with shadow energy surging across her pelt.

Brisa threw herself into battle like other mon might throw themselves at a feast. She couldn't help but enjoy herself, and the satisfaction of dodging moves and harrying Saltriv with her own. They could take a hit, at least! "Alright! Now to put ya to th'test!" she cried, as her eyes lit up...

Brisa cracked her neck and forepaw digits, then called for the match to start—"Come an' get me, Saltriv!" She began with an easy flurry of quick attacks to test the chikorita's mettle in single combat. She'd seen them fight against Giovanni to their credit, but this was a duel, and that was a...

It was hard to believe they'd actually beat Joule, if Brisa was honest. Harder still to continually reassure people of something she didn't know for certain. All the same, she'd keep doing it. She only had to do it until they actually defeated the fucker, after all. "We'll pull through," she...

"Yeah, y'got that shadow move, don'tcha?" replied Brisa. "Luz figured out it's got some kinda splash effect makin' it unsafe in a crowd." Luz had been hit by that splash effect. Lucky for Luz, she'd been in good health and able to brush it off. "Your umbral move could come from a similar kinda...

The chikorita sure had some anxious energy! Brisa could sense it coming off them even with the radiance giving them a bit of pep. Maybe that was a good thing. Shadows had to come from somewhere, and the team would make good use of them. "I've found that folks generally get their 'umbral' moves...

Brisa nodded with approval. "Jus' like that, yeah. Say, I've been trainin' with folks of late t'see what new powers they've developed now Diyem's on Cibus with us. Reckon you could give it a shot?" She was pretty sure she hadn't planned on training Saltriv this session, but there was no time...

Brisa looked her teammate up and down. This was the first she'd seen of this kind of effect. Maybe Saltriv had such poor emotional regulation that mere exposure to exotic energy on Cibus was painful for them? She had no idea. Still, they ought to be able to at least wield it. "Y'know . . ...

The endless training and sparring sessions were blending into each other. Had she booked a session with Saltriv? She genuinely didn't remember. "Mm? Saltriv? Howdy, there. You here to train, or somethin'?" Damn, the kid looked absolutely beat. Were grass types suffering from the atmospheric...

Brisa's eye prickled to hear such encouragement. Gods, what she'd have given to hear this sort of shit from her own parents... "I sore appreciate it," she replied, smiling. "Whatever it is y'got planned, I'll buy you th'time ya need. Never doubt it." {We got places t'be, darlin',} sent Luz...

Brisa chuckled. "Okay, fair enough. Sure feels like I got one hell of an opportunity, bein' pulled clean outta one world an' into another, given powers to meet or even surpass what I used t'have, an' presented with foes like we've face so far." She looked up at Joule. Joule was a hero, wasn't...

Shit to work out. Maybe. "Hell, I forget y'all can't see that stuff. Yeah, that's Owen's shadow. Goes by th'name of Wishkeeper, behaves an' talks like Owen used to, when he were younger. Fella's older than you'd guess, apparently." She sighed. "Yeah, I guess it works differently fer...

Brisa bit her lip, and thought for a moment. Luz spoke up to fill the silence. "Y'know, they say you only grow through adversity. What don't kill ya, makes ya stronger, an' all that. I guess I believe that! The legends say that Zeraora Luz, th'Wanderin' Light, was once a lil' kitten too, til'...

Ah. So they were still dealing with the events at the Bluff, were they? That had been the start of her feud with Starr, who was now among her most trusted friends. How long ago that seemed. Well. She sure could talk about shadows. "The thoughts an' feelings that come with shadows ain't always...

"Well, what I keep tellin' folks of late is, Team Spectrum is more fearsome by a hundredfold when we work t'gether. Our greatest strength ain't raw power, but synergy, force multiplication, or in other words–" "Teamwork," said Luz, with satisfaction. "Yeah, teamwork." "Still reckon Brisa can...

Brisa nodded, suppressing a grin at Luz. "Yeah, we've done just about all the serious sparrin' we can afford. An' some of our new moves are rough as hell on a gal's endurance. Mine is exhaustin' t'keep usin', an' when Saltriv hits me with their new power-strengthenin' technique it feels like...

"Or the weapon's a part of her," said Brisa. "Connected to her aura. Inseparable." She scratched her chin. "I once saw my pa reach out a paw and have one of his wands fly to his palm. I always figured it were telekinesis, but maybe it's somethin' pokémon with natural weapons can just do, if...

Brisa nearly mentioned that Karat could just let himself out of the holding cells anyway, but thought better. She considered remarking on Diyem's shadow warhammer, then reconsidered. She bit her tongue a lot around Cibus natives compared to Team Spectrum, it seemed. "Y'know, there're other...

Brisa thought of a few comments she might make in reply, but Nip was right. They were both exhausted, and they'd both come here looking for rest. Best not to get carried up in work when it was bothersome to her teammate. Still. It'd been a genuine pleasure to get to know her most reserved friend...

"Yeah," agreed Brisa. "I got a duty back home, but nobody waitin' fer me. I think about stayin' here . . . damn near daily at this point. Even so..." She smiled, but it was a sadness in her heart that came with it. "I'm proud of what we've done here. If I gotta go, I'll go knowin' I did...