Steven is also a believer in doing his research before each Gym, which is why he ends up watching a few matches seated nearby to Thace one of those days. After watching a second match, in which the challenger manages to eke out a win with their Delibird, he turns his head to say, "I always like it when people go after the non-obvious type weaknesses, myself. Probably because I took Erika down with a Woobat and a Galvantula, for lack of any Fire types except a Litwick I'd only just caught."