The editor is replaying the game with Diana's endgame team to make sure it can be done. (Yes, she beat Ilima's trial with just a Rowlet.) This is much more believable.

The incident with Gladion behind them, the cousins made it to their next destination. Rotom's map told them that the next trial was just past the Pokémon Center, so after taking just a moment to heal from the uncomfortable encounter (and get Diana some Tapu Cocoa) they headed off to face Lana.

"What do you think the trial's going to be?" Diana asked once she'd finally licked the last of the chocolate-butterscotch mixture off her lips. "More importantly, do you think I can beat it with just one Pokémon? Not because I have anyone to impress this time around, but because I have a reputation to keep."

"I really don't think that's such a good idea." Eli looked around at the surrounding area, and noticed the lake immediately. "Sure, this Totem Pokémon is probably Water-type, but what if there's an Electric-type trial? You can't rely on Stanford alone."

"Why not? Grass resists Electric, right? Besides, if I can teach Rockruff a Ground-type attack or two, I won't need to rely on Stanford."

"But what about other trials? What are you going to do then?"

"I'll have other Pokémon, Eli. I'm not going to only have three for the rest of my trainer career - that is way too impractical."

They stopped talking, then, because the blue-haired girl standing on a small wooden bridge had finally noticed them. "Hello," she said, sounding a little surprised. "I'm Lana. I serve as the captain of Brooklet Hill. Which of you is here for my trial?" Diana raised her hand, confused. Lana smiled. "Good. I need your help with something. You can bring the boy if you wish."

Not seeing anything wrong with that, the three kids walked to the next section of lake, and Lana pointed ahead. "Do you see that there? That splashing?"

Diana squinted ahead. "Um...kind of?"

"It wouldn't surprise me if it was a fearsome Pokémon of some kind," Lana continued.

"Like your Totem?"

"It could be," Lana agreed. "But just in case it isn't, I think I should ask you to go and investigate. I'll give you a Lapras for your Ride Pager in exchange."

Once Lapras was officially registered, Diana looked at the splashing again. "And if it is your Totem, that means I pass your trial and can go, right?"

"Sure."

"Great." Diana called out Lapras and hopped on, Eli following. Neither bothered with their riding gear - who would change clothes in public, anyway? "To the splashing! And make it quick, I have a fire starter with me and don't want him to burn down your lake."

The splashing was not the Totem Pokémon. Diana used her Dartrix just in case, but it was just a small Pokémon that Rotom identified as Wishiwashi. It was a small, insignificant-looking Pokémon, but it was what Rotom told her about it that interested her.

"It's weak and tasty," he read as the battle began, "but its bullies all learn a very painful lesson."

"How painful?" Diana asked, curious.

Rotom laughed maniacally. "Why don't we find out?"

She nodded in agreement, then turned to the fight. "Leafage," she told Stanford, not even using her official battle voice.

The attack hit, and Wishiwashi went down in one hit. Even Stanford seemed surprised. "I guess it really is weak."

Almost as if she understood him, Diana called him back to his ball. "We'll keep on investigating," she promised. "I'm sure there's more than one Wihiwashi in Brooklet Hill."

When Lapras landed and the cousins could talk to Lana again, she pointed out a third small lake. "There's another splash," she told them. "This one seems even bigger than the last one. Maybe this one is a strapping young swimmer!"

"If it is, you can have him." Diana called out Lapras again. "I have enough cute boys to deal with. I'm hoping for another Wishiwashi!"

Which she just so happened to get, and it was just as easy to defeat as the first one. Now certain that this was in fact her trial, she suggested leaving Eli behind here. He refused.

"I'm not going to miss a chance to actually watch you beat a whole trial with just a Dartrix," he told her. "I missed the first one, but Lana hasn't heard of me like Ilima did! Besides, what if there's a beauty we can save from drowning?" Diana stared in silence. He shrugged. "What? You have Ilima and Gladion, Lana's got her hopes up for a swimmer. Why can't I make a wish?"

"I thought your wishes were more along the lines of protection from the lizard people," Diana admitted, "not girls."

"I can wish for two things!"

Diana and Rotom made eye contact, then Diana returned to her trial. "I'm letting him have that point if you are."

"I can't see anything wrong with it," Rotom agreed. "Let's go and finish this so we can get back to sciencing!"

It started to rain before they found Lana again, but she barely acknowledged it even when Rotom retreated back to Diana's bag. Seeing Diana, and ignoring Eli, she jumped right into telling a story. "Within Brooklet Hill is a Pokémon said to be the embodiment of the sea itself," she said, her voice barely more than a whisper. "Kyogre itself!"

"Or just a giant Wishiwashi," Diana interrupted.

Lana smirked. "Don't be so quick to doubt, Diana. We are near the sea, after all."

"But is Kyogre actually living here?" Diana challenged.

"No," Lana admitted easily. "No, it is not. But that doesn't mean that we don't have strong Pokémon anyway." She pointed at a Captain's gate, which she and Diana had passed while they were speaking, then lowered her hand and looked toward the water. "The Totem is in the water here. It's waiting for you, Diana...and perhaps the Wishiwashi you defeated to get here will want their revenge."

Diana looked over at Eli, who was sitting on his hands. He'd released Robbie and Growlithe for petting, but it was clear that the Fire-types did not like the rain, and were currently looking for a place to hide and get affection from their trainer at the same time.

"Is it safe to leave them there?" Rotom asked from her bag.

"The rain will put anything out eventually," Diana decided. She called Lapras again. "Ready, Rotom?"

"I'm not waterproof!"

"So stay in there." She hopped on Lapras once again, turned to wave at Eli and Lana, and started on her way to the last splash center.

A series of interesting things happened when she got too close. Thunder boomed without warning. The rain increased. Lapras swam backward a bit. Diana felt something in her bag move, and wondered if Rotom was shivering. Was he cold? Her mother usually put on a coat in the rain, so it made a bit of sense. But robots had an even weaker sense of temperature than Diana did, so that sense was immediately overwritten. Did that mean he was afraid of something?

Within a second of coming to this conclusion, shadows gathered in the water. Diana watched, fascinated, as not just the two Wishiwashi she had defeated earlier but an entire school grouped together, and then a giant fish made entirely out of fish jumped at her.

"Cool," said Diana, and sent Stanford out to battle. "Hey, Rotom! Play boss music!"

She could barely hear it, but it was there. She'd have to make do with that.

Meanwhile, on the shore, Eli glared at Lana. "Is there anything you neglected to tell her about Wishiwashi? Like, you know, how enough of them can form a mega super death fish that can obliterate a Gyarados?"

"I thought she'd like the surprise."

"I think it would have been nice to know."

Lana shrugged, unrepentant. "Well, she's figured it out for herself," she pointed out. "All we can do now is sit back and watch."

Reluctantly, Eli did as told. But then...

"Hey, Lana? Do you believe in aliens?"

For the second time, Diana completed an entire trial using just Stanford. Thanks to Razor Leaf hitting multiple targets, even the Alomamola and small Wishiwashi that the big one called in were easy to defeat.

The rain stopped as soon as the battle ended. Diana looked down at her bag hopefully. "You saw me do it again, right?"

"I did not record that one," Rotom admitted. "Stuck in the bag, remember?"

Diana sighed. "I guess I can't have people fearing me, after all."

Rotom quickly corrected that. "Oh, no. You already have that. I'm terrified of you. But at least you'll have a new Z-Crystal! Does that make you feel better?"

She smiled softly. "You know it does."

"Great! Let's go find Eli!"

When Diana finally landed for the last time, she found Eli speaking to Lana. "And what are your feelings on extraterrestrials living among us?" he asked, and Lana shrugged.

"I was abducted once," she answered, looking and sounding fed up with this conversation. "And even if I hadn't been, we've seen Clefairy and Elgyem and their families, right?"

"I mean, what about aliens who can breed with humans? How would we go about testing to see if people have that kind of blood?"

"Stop dragging people into your stupid theories!" Diana whined.

Lana, grateful for the break, hopped right into things. "You beat my Wishiwashi!" She quickly pulled a Z-Crystal from her pocket. "Here's the Waterium-Z! How to use it..." She did a short little hula, and did not stop to make sure Diana understood the proper steps, before throwing an object at her. "And you also won a fishing rod and some Dive Balls! Now please, take the boy and go somewhere far, far away."

Diana sighed. "Whatever he destroyed, I'm sorry."

"I didn't destroy anything!" Eli protested. "I just talked to her!"

As much as Diana was sure that this was exactly the case, she also couldn't ignore his track record. "I was hoping I could catch some Pokémon while I was here," she admitted. "I need a Water-type, in case of Fire-type trials. Would he be a problem?"

"That is a good idea," Lana muttered. Then she threw up her hands. "Fine, whatever. I'm leaving. I suggest using that Z-Move on any Sudowoodo blocking your path - they like doing that. Catch what you will, just make sure this lunatic doesn't destroy things on your way out."

And she left.

"What did you say to her?" Diana asked as soon as Lana was safely out of earshot.

"I only told her my theory about our family," Eli protested. "I figured here would be a great place to practice my powers with minimum damage, but I couldn't turn it on! She asked me what I was doing, and so I told her, and she doesn't believe..."

"I'm not sure I believe," Diana said bluntly. "But I know our family history of supernatural abilities. Try using every strong emotion as a trigger, you'll find it."

"What about you?"

Diana shrugged. "I've never destroyed anything," she reminded him. "You're the superhero here. I'm just a girl who can make snow angels without a coat. A girl, by the way, who wants a Water-type on her team." She pointed back up the trail. "Let's get this done!"