Maybe she figured her Alakazam had it covered with that weird attack that let its psychic moves hit. _{[Since... it kind of HAD, really.]}

I didn't even know something like that existed.

I sort of thought Alessa would just steamroll 'em without taking any damage.

_{[She'd trained genuinely hard, but there was still a lot of stuff she didn't know and she's starting to realize that.]}