[The Blastoise flinches, nearly hitting the Talonflame with the jet of water. Thankfully for all involved, none of the powerful Pokémon are going all out. Even the fiercely competitive Haxorous is only seeking to make clean contact, not slice their sparring partners in two.]

[After a brief pause, during which everyone in that particular pack of trainees look curiously at the newcomers, Gordon calls out.]

Don't stop! You won't just have to work with each other out there, be good to learn to adjust on the fly.

[At that, Ace the Swallow and Manny the Skarmory make some practice runs, flying double helixes through the sky, wide ones with enough space for two more. Their teammates watch from the ground. Well, most do. Mike is occupied entertaining the baby on his shoulders.]