[Riz likes to think he's gotten a basic understanding of how battles are supposed to go, and he's battled a few random folks in the park and not... horrendously lost every time.
(there have been a few losses, certainly, but that was usually due to bad luck on his part -- finding the one training with all birds or the sort of unsporting person who didn't mind bringing out their full level sixty team to deal with a newbie with three pokemon total)
But still, better to make sure he's really understanding all the basics.]
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[Riz likes to think he's gotten a basic understanding of how battles are supposed to go, and he's battled a few random folks in the park and not... horrendously lost every time.
(there have been a few losses, certainly, but that was usually due to bad luck on his part -- finding the one training with all birds or the sort of unsporting person who didn't mind bringing out their full level sixty team to deal with a newbie with three pokemon total)
But still, better to make sure he's really understanding all the basics.]