Liam was sitting by the fire trying to warm up. Beckham emerged from his ball to hug Liam and help warm him up, to which Liam thanked the fire-typed anthomorphisized rabbit
"Talk about throwing me in the deep end," Shiranui commented, having to think about not just having his Pokémon look good, but making himself look good and his own part of the choreography.
Liam had a thought on this, and through chattering teeth, suggested maybe Shiranui could do ninja stuff for his presentation.
"Galar certainly has big enough stadiums for contests," Liam commented. "Though it would be interesting to see someone implement Gigantamax into the appeal."
The girl took the distraction of the battle as her chance to make a run for it. Peony cried about his daughter not liking him and ran off in the direction that he believed her to have run off in.
"You got this, dude!" Liam called out to Shiranui. Slushie popped out of his ball, and was enjoying the cold weather of the Crown Tundra as it reminded him of home.