Well, if you forgot, I beat Shikamaru-kun. What's more...

[He glances at Linda. she looks back at him. He sighs and shifts the position of the baton on his shoulder. He thinks back to what Gold has said. What Silver has said. What Mewtwo warned. And he adopts a serious, if very off expression]

...Linda's going to overpower me eventually. I want to keep up a little.