Blaze has it handled, all right… for a certain value of handled. In the wake of the detonation, as the dirt patters down, the air clears… a great swathe of the ground is a churned-up gash in the earth. Thrown back from the center of the destruction, there’s a sprawled corpse in white and black. Most of one. It’s a mercy that Blaze isn’t organic, but still… better that the storm veils the damage from Natalie’s view.

There’s little time even for shock, however. In a flash Ghost appears above his fallen Guardian, a bright glimmer of blue light darting close to the ground to keep out of the wind. What he does is also hard to see- for a moment he seems to expand out, swelling with brightening light that ripples over Blaze’s form…

And she jerks to life, a sharp convulsion before she rolls over and hauls herself up, staggering a little. Ghost disappears again; Blaze steadies herself and looks around for Natalie, to give her a thumbs-up.

“All good!” she calls out merrily. She gestures back to the ground remaining between her and the beacon. “I’m gonna go again!” Looks like Natalie isn’t getting any explanations just yet. Besides, the trainer will have to watch her own back. While Blaze turns to repeat the explosive process, something is scuttering over the roofs behind them, and it’s training its rifle sights on Volcarona…