Sam turned around. He saw a Swablu messing with someone holding a notebook. When both trainers agreed to have a battle, Sam picked up his Riolu and moved out of the way. He now stood next to two girls. One had a lucario, the other didn't seem to have any pokemon out. Sam mumbled in himself while watching the fight: "They are not doing a great job. They are using attacks that don't have any effect on the opponent. But I can tell the bond between the trainers and their pokemon is strong. They are executing their commands without even thinking about it. They fully trust their trainers." Meanwhile, Sam's Riolu was looking at the Lucario. It was the first time he saw a lucario for real, and he was thinking about all the things he was going to do when he was big and strong like that Lucario.