Responding in kind with a enthusiastic high five, he grinned as Pikachu leaped off his shoulder and climbed onto Dawn's with a laugh. "Wow, when I heard that someone I knew was on the new arrivals from the airport, I didn't realize it was you! I guess Misty and May were holding out on me. They're here too, and Brock. They're at the school." He made a good natured face. "And Gary says hi too, but you haven't met him yet."

"Did you hear? I made Champion here this summer! I finally did it! You should have seen it! It was amazing! I got to battle the local Deity and everything!"