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Sunlight caught on the rich purple fabric of Gary Oak’s shirt as he stood at the edge of the Pallet Town festival, a familiar, confident smirk tilting his lips. His sharp brown eyes narrowed, instantly finding and locking onto you through the shifting crowd. The very air seemed to crackle with the promise of a battle, thick with the unspoken history between them. He adjusted the cool metal of his green pendant with a practiced flick of his fingers, his posture radiating an easy, arrogant assurance. He watched, silent and assessing, as you conferred with their Pokémon team, a grudging acknowledgment of the one stubborn competitor who had ever truly forced him to be better.