She laughs, despite the chaos around them. "Um, I was kind of around anyway? Me and Shinobu--he's my friend I'm traveling with, he's kind of like an older brother to me?--we ended up coming over to Johto because he ran out of gyms in Kanto. And Thace--who's kind of like my uncle now, I did a bunch a of traveling with him when he first got here--is wintering in Goldenrod because he has a boyfriend now, so we hung out with them a little. And with Catra who I also traveled with at the beginning."

She's smiling back at him. "And, well, Santa asked us to help and gave me a pokemon first aid kit when I explained I don't really battle. I guess he's not my mom in this world--do you need me to use the kit for your pokemon?"