[There's a moment of a freeze, when Green releases his Machamp. Red's finger's twitch inside his backpack, already calculating which pokémon he'd need to release from his belt if this was—if it was—but it isn't. None of his trainers ever had the fully evolved form, anyway. Criminals don't trade pokémon they could steal.
Blinking once, Red snaps out of his trance as quickly as it began and pulls out a bottle of Lemonade. Holding it up, he shakes it a bit so that Green will see. Red beckons Pikachu over to him and glances over at Machamp approaching Green's pokémon. Belatedly, it occurs to Red to hope that they aren't too badly hurt. Green would be more upset if his pokémon were in critical condition, wouldn't he...? Despite what the Professor had told them both at the plateau, even Red believes his rival must care about his own pokémon at least somewhat genuinely.]
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Blinking once, Red snaps out of his trance as quickly as it began and pulls out a bottle of Lemonade. Holding it up, he shakes it a bit so that Green will see. Red beckons Pikachu over to him and glances over at Machamp approaching Green's pokémon. Belatedly, it occurs to Red to hope that they aren't too badly hurt. Green would be more upset if his pokémon were in critical condition, wouldn't he...? Despite what the Professor had told them both at the plateau, even Red believes his rival must care about his own pokémon at least somewhat genuinely.]