Shalin didn't respond right away, the adrenaline high inhibiting her other senses. She couldn't feel a thing other than a static-like tingling. It was sickeningly fast -- ironically, the Flygon's wing may have been propelling Shalin faster than any of the Mauville Leader's Pokémon could. Though the wing was still by now, she was still reeling from the experience. She had pushed her Sygna Suit to its limits, but was it ever a thrill to, at last, do so!

"It is!" Shalin confirmed after recovering her senses, being able to properly see and feel again. "So Flygon use Boomburst completely differently from other Pokémon. Most Pokémon that use it, like Exploud and Noivern, have a special organ that just makes a really loud noise. Flygon use it by vibrating their wings so fast that their wingtips break the sound barrier. And it's not just one time. They're creating a sonic burst with every flap of their wings. And by riding on it while in perfect sync with her, we can make it even louder and stronger."

At last, her Sync Stone was no longer steaming from the discharge of Infinity Energy. "To do that, the bond between you and your Pokémon has to be perfect. And once your bond has reached that level, you can do extraordinary things with the suit. And not just with one Pokémon, but with two." Once she had enough of her balance about her to slide off the wing and land on her own two feet, she clicked a second Poké Ball's switch. Emerging from it was a Venusaur that was quite large; even if she was on her Flygon's back, she would still have to look up to make eye contact. "And this is Saria," she introduced the grass-type, who also emitted Infinity Energy that most Venusaur did not. It was a similar wavelength to the Flygon's, were the Avatar sensitive to it.

Shalin remembered their discussion. That was one of the reasons she had chosen a Venusaur as her second synced Pokémon. While she would not be useful for travel, except in one creative and asinine-looking way, it gave Shalin dangerous power, both in melee and in short range. "Oh, I didn't forget! With Saria tied to my suit, I can even fight for myself now!" With a discharge of Infinity Energy, a VINE WHIP grew out of Shalin's hand, its handle stylized like the stem of her Venusaur. As she swung it around rapidly, it made a whirlwind-like sound. Having already blown Lars' eardrums out once, she remained merciful and did not snap the whip. To further demonstrate what she could do, she flung the whip skyward, POISON POWDER floating high above them, carried off by the wind and harmlessly away from the duo. "And were you to procure a suit for yourself, you can do this, too! It's like I'm Saria's Avatar!"

To further illustrate the extent of Saria's "blessing", the grass-type extended one of her enormous vines, thick enough that it looked like it could smash through almost anything. It was thick enough for the lithe girl to sit on it like she would mount any of other other Pokémon. Both her and her Venusaur glowed a faint green, radiating Infinity Energy as she sat on the vine. And not just anywhere on the vine, either. She was right on the end of it, straddling the cracker as close to the tip as she could get while still having room to hold on with all four limbs. Saria slowly waved the girl about, no signs that Shalin or her "Patron" would lose her balance any time soon.

If Josh Devlin were to witness what she was about to do, the speed Shalin reached might even make him jealous.

It really looked like Shalin was Venusaur's Avatar, didn't it? Vines sprouting from the backs of her hands, whipping poison spores to be blown about by the wind... she really did seem to be one with her Pokémon. "It's incredible, really," she replied with a nod, still balancing on the cracker at the end of Saria's huge vine. "I'm still learning all the battle capabilities, but from what I understand, we can't use the same move at the same time. This is why Saria knows how to use both Vine Whip and Power Whip! When used together, it's the strongest attack we've got! I bet it would even rival a legendary Pokémon's attacks! I can show you!"

With a bellow, Saria raised her vines higher into the air, the ones sprouting from the backs of Shalin's hands waving alongside them. If it wasn't clear to Lars that she was sitting on the vine's end before, it was now. A Power Whip's crack was among the most violent motions any Pokémon was capable of. How was this even possible?

"It's a lot of the same energy that Avatars use, just not as dense," Shalin explained with a shrug. "Think of it as a power Saria bestows upon be through the suit. As long as I don't cross that limit, I won't fall!" She was, of course, still trying to figure out what that limit was, and she was especially careful in the way she communicated with her Pokémon. It was why when Saria cracked her vine with Shalin as a passenger, she always did it sidearm-style at an upward angle if she needed distance, or purely vertical if she needed height. That way, even if the cracker's surreal momentum overloaded the Infinity Energy conduit, her other Sygna Pokémon, Sandy, could catch her.

"Alright, Saria! Use POWER WHIP!" she commanded, smaller VINE WHIPS sprouting from the backs of her hands as she held on tight with all four limbs. The Venusaur the size of a small building vigorously shook her flower, a giant pulse running down the vine that the Captain was seated on. She watched the coil of the vine race past her briefly, feeling her ride stop briefly as the two momenta neutralized one another. Then, it came. She went flying forward with surreal acceleration, the backs of her hands red and white as a deafening sonic boom burst away from her, even her very body gaining the ability to slice through wood and flesh. The VINE WHIPS lashed with smaller sonic booms, looking like they could cleave the head off of just about anything they touched.

Shalin let out a high-pitched squeal of excitement, completely drunk on her own adrenaline. The blissful cry continued even as the whip slowed down, though still whirling in circles that were so fast that she remained a blur for quite some time after the crashing trio of shockwaves. When her face looked visible, she looked like the happiest person on the planet.

Josh Devlin , Master of Faster? Not today!

When Saria's whip at last slowed to a stop, Shalin panted for a few seconds before the Infinity Energy flowing through her revitalized her to a degree. The Venusaur manipulated it to put the still-seated Ranger within conversation range, the rider still a bit woozy from being flicked at supersonic speed. It didn't take her terribly long to recover, but it was evident how much the suit's peak energy took a toll on her. It would be temporary, but it was there all the same.

"It's part of the suit, too!" Shalin replied. Infinity Energy truly was like magic, wasn't it? It let its wielders do things beyond what physics could explain, whether Pokémon or human. Avatar or pseudo-Avatar. The noise was deafening, yes. Shalin herself substantially contributed to the noise, given that she herself was going supersonic while she was a passenger on the Power Whip mid-crack.

"Like I said, imagine that the suits let their wearers be Avatars. They just don't get a legendary Pokémon to go with them," she tried to explain the relationship the best she could. From the outside, though, it still may have been nearly impossible to comprehend what she just did. Not only were Saria's whips fast, but the acceleration when they uncoiled would tear any other would-be rider to shreds.

She was likely one of only two people in Hoenn capable of such a feat.

"Even so, the pure offensive might bestowed upon true Avatars is unparalleled. Even two or three of us wearing these suits would be no match for you. Especially not me." Both of her suits were of ice-weak Pokémon, after all. If he really wanted to, Laurence Anderson could freeze her without a thought. Every suit was unique, and many bestowed upon their wearer unique abilities. "Think of the bond like you and your Pokémon exchange parts of yourselves with one another. You give up part of your humanity, and your Pokémon gives up part of what makes them... a Pokémon. Does that sound like what being an Avatar is like?"

Noting the Lucario's seeming distrust, or at least dissatisfaction, Shalin answered the Ranger's other question. "It really depends on what you do with it and how fast you discharge the energy. From what little I understand of the Venusaur side of my suit, it takes... around four or five cracks of her Power Whip to make me pass out." When she first rode with Saria on only her Flygon's power, it had taken two, maybe three at most. That number would only grow as their bond grew and she practiced more. "As for the Flygon side, I haven't figured out how long I can go. Usually, I only need to go for a few seconds at a time. Sandy's wings don't have to vibrate for long to be destructive."