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Cassandra belatedly realises one thing about this battle. She knows that Delilah has Flash Fire as an ability, and there's a high chance that the same applies to Harrow ... ... They've really only fuelled the fire more, huh? Nonetheless, their increased physical combat and aggression is taking tolls, and moreso on Delilah as she's thrown aback by that incinerate, coughing smoke as she stabilises her stance. "Delilah," Cass shouts out - her voice unusually stern and firm.

Delilah is unmoving, before she relaxes. Some part of the fire on her head seems to flare towards Cass, as if a nod without nodding has been performed. Well, she takes it for the moment.

"Fire Spin!" she calls out, and her Charcadet flares up with flames, and spins around, moving towards her opponent just as quickly as she comes charging.

Knight Naito
SONA HP: 2/3
DEL HP: 1/3
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Cass shields her eyes from the roaring blaze, unlike the Tinkatuff to her side. Sona's staring directly at the fiery explosion, though her expression is unfathomable. One can barely say that the flames calm down after Delilah connects another hit, but is also barely holding on herself.

"Alright, here we go!" Cass shouts, still feeling mixed about how to deal with her Charcadet at all, generally, but also hyped for this battle. The two Charcadet were a match indeed, and she's excited for what might come - if she can also handle Delilah. Yeah, there's stuff to consider ... "Match with Lava Plume!"

Delilah lunges forward another time, flames fully engulfing her like her opponent as they clash-

-and ultimately, she sees Delilah fall. Cass doesn't dare to come too close to the heat, and takes out Del's pokéball. "A good fight," she says, pressing her forehead to the ball, before grinning at Knight. "That was intense, huh?" Don't let the worry show, don't. "But the fight isn't over - Sona, let's finish this!"

Knight Naito
SONA HP: 2/3
DEL HP: 1/3
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Cass notices that the hands gripping the hammer are shaking - but still, Sona's stance is unwavering as she braves herself. There's no way Fake Out would work now, so there's only one way out - through. Cass' mind, too, is still reeling from the heated battle before.

Harrow is too fast to hit with a Flash Cannon properly, so they'd have to enter the forced melee. "Dragon Hammer!" Cass shouts out - getting behind with Skitter Smack sounds like a bad idea when there's a trailing blaze following. "Push her back!" This time, there's no roar, but she can feel Sona trying something new - putting her whole self into it, leaning weight into the hammer more than before.

Knight Naito
SONA HP: 2/3
DEL HP: 0/3
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Cass flinches as Sona got burnt by the flames, and also shouts out with pain, but quickly silences herself, toughening up. She's come so far - even if she really wanted to run away, there's no way she could right now. Even to her cowardly self, there's pride.

And well, there's also a bit of indignation about her appearance being ruined.

"Sona, stay focused!" Cass calls out, observing the battlefield. For a moment, she's back at the tournament - feeling so utterly lost in a battle setting, but that's then, and there's now. And right now, there's truly no escape from the flames - they could only hope to get a hit in at all, with Harrow's speed. "Skitter Smack, strike where it's unexpected!"

Harrow's up in melee area, not striking from the front, but the side- but Sona, too, is moving, her hammer swinging, and she uses its weight to accelerate, and attack alike.

Knight Naito
SONA HP: 1/3
DEL HP: 0/3
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Cass kneels down next to Sona and places a hand on her shoulder. "You did-" she starts, but notices that her pokémon is shaking heavily. "You did so well, my dear. Let's have a look at sheet metals tomorrow, yeah?" she says gently, giving Sona a squeeze and a hug. She seems to relax with the soft, physical contact, and makes happy noises at the idea of doing her variant of fabric shopping soon.

She then stands up and grins at Knight, taking his hand for a good ol' handshake. "You didn't do too bad either. It was a good fight. Happy to battle again sometime," she adds with a smirk. At the compliment, Sona raises her hammer with a smile, but she quickly drops it again to hold it with both hands. She is still shaky, but it's not ... entirely bad.

"Can't say no to that, so lead the way!" she grins.

Knight Naito
SONA HP: 1/3
DEL HP: 0/3