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"Alright Cale; use that distance you got before to dodge!"
Cale nodded; but the Riolu was incredibly fast. Cale managed to move out of the way a little, so that his head and neck were out of the attack's path; but the tiny Riolu still packed a lot of damage into it, and Falcon winced as the Dragonair hit the earth.
Now the surely would be her last command of the battle. She raised her voice as the exhausted Pokemon rose, shakily, from the ground.
"You're doing great, Cale! Use Slam!"
Cale nodded; and slowly- evidently with little energy left- he swung his tail in a wide arc; aiming to Slam it into the Riolu. He hadn't given up, though; Falcon's lessons were kept close to Cale's heart. Whilst he could fight, he would; and he used the heavy orbs on his tail to increase the power of the attack.

7 Damage!

Falcon knew it was over; but they always did their best to the very end. She called out to Cale.
"Watch out!"
But the Riolu was both too close and too fast; Cale flew backwards, hitting the dust with a thump and raising a large dust cloud. Through it, she made out Cale trying to raise his head from the ground; but he flopped back down, too exhausted to keep fighting.
Falcon ran into the ring; Kiliina close on her heels. The Trainer crouched by her Dragonair; who looked up at her through glazed eyes.
"You did great," Falcon said; and Cale's eyes told her that he knew she meant it. Falcon carefully wriggled her hands under Cale's serpentine body and laid his coils along her arms; before cradling his head and lifting him. Kiliina had sat and cleaned his face free of dust; her way of telling him he did well.

Falcon stroked Cale's cheek softly. "You hear that? You were awesome." She set off in the opposite direction to heal Cale up; Kiliina bounding along by her feet.