Alamos Town, Gaudí's Courtyard.
All afternoon, Yellow guided Darkrai through repeated exercises in reining in its energy.
Darkrai would first relax and draw in its nightmare energy.
Then came external stimulation, such as having Luxray, Pikachu, and Gallade use moves to provoke a reaction.
When Darkrai sensed that external stimulation, its nightmare energy would instinctively spread.
As the nightmare energy spread, Darkrai would try to follow the Viridian Force and draw it back in.
They repeated this process all afternoon.
It did have some effect. As long as Darkrai tried to control it, it could briefly contain the range of its nightmares.
Yellow wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. "All right, let's take a break."
"Okay."
Even Darkrai felt tired after such intensive training, let alone Yellow.
Yellow and Darkrai sat together with their backs against a large tree, resting for a while as a gentle breeze brushed past them.
"Oh, right!"
Yellow smacked her forehead and hurriedly rummaged through her little bag.
"Darkrai, this is for you. I almost forgot."
What Yellow gave Darkrai was, of course, the Pokéblocks Li Wei had made.
Yellow wore an apologetic expression. "Mr. Li Wei asked me to give these to you. I almost forgot."
"Thank you."
Though it was only a tiny gesture, it still warmed Darkrai's heart.
Darkrai had only known Li Wei for a short time, yet he had done so much for it.
From facing the Temporal Dragons to helping it settle down in Alamos Town.
Darkrai had actually imagined that possibility.
Li Wei might invite it to become his partner, just like Zeraora and Lucario.
Darkrai had even wondered how it could politely turn Li Wei down.
Li Wei wasn't the only one with a home, family, and ties...
Darkrai had them