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Made it to Veilstone City, but not about to fight Maylene just yet. I was really worried about the pair of Ace Trainers on route 215, because one of them has a Gyarados with Waterfall, and the whole route is constantly under downpouring rain. I wound up switching Edgar in and out to hit the Gyarados with Intimidate, and Samantha was able to tank some hits (and use the rain to her advantage to wipe out Monferno/Glameow, and outspeed Kadabra to OHKO it with a Bite). The point is, despite the threat posed by Gyarados, I beat it.

Then after reaching Veilstone, I went directly to route 214 and fished up a level 20 Goldeen (named Elvis). Spent a while after that in Ruin Maniac's cavern, finding a ton of Geodudes (but I already have one, so there was only one other option to catch). Eventually though, I did find a level 22 Hippopotas (named Jordan). Battling my way down route 214 got Joy to evolve into Blissey (not sure if I've mentioned that she evolved from Happiny into Chansey already). And to finish the night, Valor Lakefront gives me a level 21 Girafarig (named Patrick). Still no deaths in a while, but I'm sure that will change soon enough. There's just a lot of routes opening up without necessary gym battles as of yet.