Rivalry

I get to meet my rival(s) today. If I've learned anything from pokémon, rivals are always dicks and the first meeting always sucks. The only guaranteed way to win it to growl like hell and use your potion right before you die. Otherwise he tackles or scratches you to death. Unfortunately I don't have a potion on me. Haven't figured out how I'm supposed to get it out of my PC. And each successive battle is harder, especially if you try to rush through the game. Sigh. I don't know what I'm going to do. Perhaps this is more like The Malloreon, the seer may travel with me occasionally, telling me what I need to know, but is also doing the same for my opposite. Heh, this bears such a resemblance to that series. I have to wonder which side I am, though. I guess I'll find out today which this is more like. There's no way I could stand trying to beat him all the time... maybe I've already lost.