Oh, we're going over it. Maybe trying to land in the middleish, if possible, but I think timewise flying's our best bet! Now that all four of us have the Violet badge, we can do that. I taught fly to all the pokemon who could use it at Christmas, when John and Jade lent me their HMs, and I've got more than enough to cover each of us.

[ eight is enough for four people, right? ]

Got it. I raised two pichu at the same time, so it was sort of an easy solution there. Giving him something safe to spark at is really my only suggestion! Maybe you can stick a pole in the ground and tell him that's fine? [ SHRUG. ]