Bonnie, ever the brave one, skipped ahead. "It just looks like a bunch of shiny rocks to me!"
Ash's Pikachu leaped forward, cheeks blazing gold. But the shadow-Pikachu intercepted, and for a moment, the two mice stared at each other—one bright as the sun, one cold as a dead star.
He turned to Serena. "You're more than brave enough to tell me how you feel someday—on your own terms." He turned to Clemont. "Your inventions fail because you try the impossible. That's not a flaw. That's why you'll succeed."