Yeah I saw that, it was a shame to see something die to passive damage, especially something that had a type advantage to the thing that was using said move that caused it. But yeah I heard about the tricky situation he's in now, choosing between the Fighting-type or the Protect user.
As far as I know, when I battled Norman in my Alpha Sapphire playthrough he didn't use Retaliate against me at all, so there's a chance Norman may derp and not use it. I'll wait and see who he chooses, but if he gets another death I would not be surprised in the slightest, although if he does lose a female next I hope he uses that Electrike sitting in the PC, especially given there's a Flying-type Gym after that and she can destroy 3/4 of Winona's team plus Manectric is handy against all those Water-types coming up in the sea routes.