"Silent ghost of a woman given how silent she walks," Eva says with a laugh. "But no. She's a medium and a close friend who trains ghost and dark-types. I've known her for years."

And then she sobers. "Partly; my team are one of the strongest in the world -maybe the strongest- but it also has to do with what I did when I was thirteen. I not only earned all eight of Kantō's gymbadges, but I went on to become the youngest champion in the history of the League. All that in six months from when I started my journey because I could, because I asked 'what's the worst that could happen?'"