[As far as he's concerned, Ford hasn't pushed anything. Unless you count sitting at the bar. But that's fine. It really is a luxury. This whole place is. It's like a chance at a normal life -- the kind of chance he and the others missed out on.]

[So maybe the older man is right. Maybe... it's okay.]

Has any Gym Leader ever done that before?

[It seems Unlikely. But he grins as he asks it.]

Someone told me it worked. Plus, Haunter and Cheeks know a couple Dark type attacks. We were counting on Haunter's hypnosis being stronger and -- what do you know?

We were right.